Streambank Revegetation and Protection: A Guide for Alaska
Plant Species Selection Lists
Grasses and Sedges
Species | Commercial Availability | Application | Characteristics | Fishery/Habitat Value |
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Bluejoint Reedgrass Calamagrostis canadensis |
limited seed supply transplants (sprigs) from wild |
seed-grassrolls sprigging plugs |
dense fibrous root system, forms overhanging banks, slightly rhizomatous | high |
Bering hairgrass 'Norcoast' Deschampsia beringensis |
seed available high demand |
seedling | tufted growth form, tolerant of moist sites, adapted to wide range of conditions | low to moderate |
Tufted hairgrass 'Nortran" Deschmapsia caepitosa |
seed available good substitute for Norcoast |
seeding | tufted growth form, tolerant of moist sites, adapted to wide range of conditions | low to moderate |
Beach wildrye common Leymus mollis |
sprigs from natural stand seed not available |
sprigging | strongly rhizomatous, tolerant of brackish water, tidal flooding | moderate |
Red fescue 'Arctared' 'Boreal', 'Pennlawn" Festuca rubra |
seed available | seeding | forms seed adapted to wide range of conditions, tolerates flooding and foot traffic | low |
Polargrass 'Alyeska', 'Kenai' Arctagrostis latifolia |
Alyeska seed available | seeding | moist-wet sites, rhizomatous | high |
Sloughgrass 'Egan' Beckmannia syzigachne |
seed available | seeding | wet ground, restricted distribution | low |
Water Sedge Carex aquatilis |
contract seed collections | sprigging seeding | rhizomatous-shallow water along rivers and in marshes | high |
Lyngby Sedge Carex Lyngbyaei |
contract seed collections | sprigging seeding | stoloniferous - salt marshes | low to moderate |