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Soil Stabilization & Rangeland Seeding

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SOIL STABILIZATION & RANGELAND SEEDING

 

ITEM

COMMENTS


Zones

Seeding Ratelbs./acre 


Season

Type

Height (inches)

Forage Use

Drought Toler-ance 


Alkaline/Salt Tolerance 


Acid Toler-ance 


Soil Type

Fire Retar-dant 


Calif-ornia Native 

GRASSES

Alkaligrass
Puccinella distans
Variety: Fults, often used for turf.

1,2,4

120

Cool

Bunch

12-24

P

F

E

F

ALL
.

.
Barley
Hordeum vulgare
Winter annual. Cereal grain. Grows fast. Does not reseed.

1,2

150

Cool

Bunch

30+

P

F

G

F

S
.

.
Barley, Meadow
Hordeum brachyantherum
Fast Growing. Ideal nurse crop for long-lived native grasses. Short-lived.

1,2,4,5

25

Cool

Bunch

12-18

F

F

E

F

ALL
.
Blue Gramma
Bouteloua gracilis
Ornamental densely tufted, stoloniferous. Long-lived.

ALL

30

Warm

Bunch

6-24

F

E

G

F

ALL
.
Bluegrass, Big
Poa ampla
Variety: Rubens, high elevati.on, low fertility

1,2,5

30

Cool

Bunch

24

G

G

P

F

S
.

.
Bluegrass, Canada
Poa compressa
Shade tolerant, low growing. Roadsides, recreation areas.

4,5

80

Cool

Sod

12-24

G

G

P

G

C
.

.
Blue Wildrye
Elymus glaucus
Fast growing, good for site stabilization. Adapted to shady, woodland, forest environments.Short-lived.

1,2,4,5

30

Cool

Bunch

12-40

F

G

F

F

ALL
.
Buffalo Grass
Buchaloe dactyloides
Best on clay soils, also used for turf. Native to Great Plains.

1

30

Warm

Sod

1-12

P

G

G

F

C
. .
Brome, Blando
Bromus mollis
Quick erosion control, annual, reseeds, below 4000’ also called Soft Chess.

1,2,4

50

Cool

Bunch

1-24

E

VG

F

F

ALL
. .
Brome, Red
Bromus rubens
Good for soil stabilization. Annual. Reseeds.

1,2,4

20

Cool

Bunch

2-18

P

E

VG

F

ALL
. .
Brome, Smooth
Bromis inermis
Variety: Manchar, easy to establish, high elevation, good soil stabilizer.

1,4,5

15

Cool

Sod

13-24

VG

VG

G

F

ALL
. .
Fescue, California
Festuca californica
Tall, ornamental. Tolerant of shape and serpintine soils. Long-lived.

1,2,4,5

30

Cool

Bunch

24-36

F

G

G

G

ALL
.
Fescue, California Red Native
Festuca rubra ‘molate’
Attractive fine bladed rhizomatous grass. Can be mown. Long-lived, California Native cultivar ‘Molate Blue’.

1,2,4,5

30

Cool

Sod

12-24

F

VG

G

G

ALL
.
Fescue, Idaho
Festuca idahoensis
Ornamental, fine bladed. Summer dormant. Native to Western U.S.

1,2,4,5

25

Cool

Bunch

12-18

F

VG

G

G

ALL
.
Fescue, Hard
Festuca longifolia
Varieties: Reliant, Atilla, Waldina. Hot areas require irrigation; fine texture, shade.

1,2,4,5

150

Cool

Bunch

12-18

F

G

F

G

ALL
. .
Fescue, Sheep
Festuca ovina
Variety: Covar, MX-86, shade tolerant. Use as ground cover, or in wildflower mixtures.

1,4,5

150

Cool

Bunch

12-18

G

G

FG

G

R,S
. .
Fescue, Zorro (Foxtail)
Festuca megalura
Native, annual, reseeds, adapted to much of arid California. Extensive root system.

1,2

20

Cool

Bunch

6-24

G

E

VG

VG

ALL
.
Fountain Grass
Pennisetum ruppelii
Popular for non-irrigated highway use. Attractive plants.

1,2,3

3

Warm

Bunch

12-48

P

VG

VG

F

ALL
. .
Needlegrass, Purple
Nassella pulchra
Fine bladed, tufted. Good on disturbed slopes.

1,2,4,5

20

Cool

Bunch

12-24

P

VG

F

F

C
.
Needlegrass, Desert
Achnatherum speciosum
Densely tufted. Occurring in arid mountain slopes of southeast California. Long-lived.

2,3,5

15

Cool

Bunch

12-24

P

E

F

F

ALL
.
Orchardgrass
Dactylis glomerata
Varieties: Paiute. Long-lived perennial.

1,2,4,5

20

Cool

Bunch

24-36

E

VG

G

F

C
. .
Purple Three-Awn
Aristida purpurea
Ornamental, tufted bunchgrass with nodding reddish panicles. Easily established from seed.

ALL

15

Warm

Bunch

12-24

P

E

F

F

ALL
.  

Reed Canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea
Best on poor drained soils, cool areas. Forage and erosion control.

1,4,5

20

Cool

Sod

24-96

VG

P

F

VG

C
. .
Sudan Grass
Sorghum vulgare
Variety: Piper. Best for hay or pasture.

2,3

20

Warm

Bunch

48+

VG

VG

F

F

ALL
. .
Timothy
Pheleum pratense
Cool, moist areas, shade tolerant, higher elevations. Does not tolerate drought or heat.

4,5

80

Cool

Bunch

24-36

E

P

P

P

C
. .
Weeping Lovegrass
Eragrostis curvula
Establishes rapidly, short lived, lacks winter hardiness.

1,2,4

25

Warm

Bunch

24-48

G

G

F

G

S
. .
Wimmera Ryegrass
Lolium rigidum
Reseeding annual, adapted to heavy soils. Earlier maturing.

1,2,4

50

Cool

Bunch

25-30

F

F

F

F

C
. .
Wheatgrass, Crested
Agropyron cristatum
Varieties: Fairway, Nordan, also used for turf. Easily established.

5

30

Cool

Bunch

13-24

G

E

F

F

ALL
. .
Wheatgrass, Intermediate
Agropyron intermedium
Variety: Tegmar, lower growing; Oahe, shade tolerant.

5

15

Cool

Sod

15-30

G

VG

F

F

C
. .
Wheatgrass, Pubescent
Agropyron trichophorum
Varieties: Luna, Topar, similar to intermediate. Good erosion control. Late maturing.

5

40

Cool

Sod

13-24

E

VG

F

F

C
. .
Wheatgrass, Slender
Agropyron trachycaulum
Tall, fast growing. Good for site stabilization, short-lived.

1,2,4,5


Cool

Bunch

13-24

G

E

F

F

ALL
.
Wheatgrass, Streambank
Agropyron riparium
Shade tolerant, low growing. Roadsides, recreation areas.

5

15

Cool

Sod

12-20

F

VG

G

F

C
. .
Wheatgrass, Tall
Agropyron elongatum
Abundant forage, poorly drained soils.

1,4,5

20

Cool

Bunch

25-30

G

G

E

F

C
.

.

LEGUMES

Alfalfa
Medicago sativa
Hay pasture or erosion control, deep rooted. Easily established.

1,2,4

20

Cool

N/A

13-25

E

G

G

P

ALL
.

.
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Wet & poorly drained sites, hay, pasture or erosion control. Long-lived, deep rooted, yellow flowers.

1,2,4

10

Cool

N/A

12-18

G

F

P

G

C

.
Clover, Alsike
Trifolium hybridum
Shade tolerant, cool, moist sites.

1,4

20

Cool

N/A

12-18

G

F

F

P

C
.

.
Clover, Crimson
Trifolium incarnatum
Best along coast. Annual. Reseeds.

1,4

25

Cool

N/A

12-30

VG

F

F

G

S,C
.

.
Clover, Ladino
Trifolium repens latum
Variety of white clover with thicker stems and stolons. Large growth form.

1,2,4,5

25

Cool

N/A

12-18

VG

F

F

G

C
.

.
Clover, Red
Trifolium pratense
Cool, moist sites.

1,4

15

Cool

N/A

20-25

E

G

P

P

C
.

.
Clover Rose
Trifolium hirtum
Variety: Hykon, will grow on very poor sites. Heavy reseeder, slow establishment. Dryland pasture.

1,2

30

Cool

N/A

6-18

G

VG

G

G

ALL
. .
Clover Strawberry
Trifolium fragiferum
Variety: O’Connors, very popular in Southern California for erosion control. Short, creeping, easy to establish.

1,2,4,5

15

Cool

N/A

6-12

G

F

VG

G

ALL
.
Clover, Subterranean
Trifolium subterraneum
Variety: Mt. Barker

1,2,4

15

Cool

N/A

10-12

G

VG

G

VG

S
.
Clover, White Dutch
Trifolium repens
Shallow rooted, cool, moist sites.

1,2,4,5

25

Cool

N/A

6-12

G

F

F

G

C
. .
Clover, Yellow Sweet
Melilotus officinalis
Aggressive, shade tolerant.

1,2,4

20

Cool

N/A

20-36

F

G

G

F

ALL
.
Vetch, Lana Woolypod
Vicia dasycarpa
Irrigated or moist sites. Easily established. Self-seeding annual.

1,2,4

60

Cool

N/A

12-20

VG

VG

G

G

ALL
. .
Vetch, Purple
Vica benghalensis
Best near coast, hay & pasture.

1,2,4

60

Cool

N/A

18-24

G

G

F

F

C
.

.
KEY: (E) = Excellent, (VG) = Very Good, (G) = Good, (F) = Fair,
(P) = Poor, (C) = Clay, (S) = Sandy, (R) = Rocky
 

ZONE #

 

 

 

CLIMATE TYPE

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

 

 

Southern Coastal and Foothills

Interior Valley

Desert

Northern Coast and Foothills

Mountains

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