Streambank Revegetation and Protection: A Guide for Alaska
Plant Species Selection Lists

Grasses and Sedges

Species Commercial Availability Application Characteristics Fishery/Habitat Value
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