Alaska Forage Manual - Alaska Plant Materials Center - State of ...
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Photo: Stoney J. Wright, AK PMC<br />
Grass<br />
Cultivars and Releases<br />
• ‘Gruening’ - <strong>Alaska</strong> PMC release.<br />
• Teller - selected class germplasm; <strong>Alaska</strong> PMC release.<br />
References<br />
A W I SW SC SE<br />
W I SW SC SE<br />
Wright, S.J. and P.K. Czapla (2010) <strong>Alaska</strong> Coastal Revegetation & Erosion<br />
Control Guide, <strong>State</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alaska</strong>, Division <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Materials</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong>, Anchorage, <strong>Alaska</strong>. 234 pp Link: http://plants.alaska.gov/reveg/<br />
Wright, S.J. and P. Hunt (2008) A Revegetation Guide for <strong>Alaska</strong>, <strong>State</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Alaska</strong>, Division <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Materials</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, Anchorage, <strong>Alaska</strong>.<br />
160 pp Link: http://plants.alaska.gov/pdf/Reveg<strong>Manual</strong>.pdf<br />
Natural Resource Conservation Service (2000) USDA National <strong>Plant</strong> Data<br />
<strong>Center</strong> [online] Link: http://plants.usda.gov/java/<br />
Alpine Bluegrass, Poa alpina<br />
Pawnee Buttes Seed Inc. (2004) A Guide to Grasses, Pawnee Butte Seed Inc.,<br />
Greeley, Colorado. 107 pp [online] Link: http://www.pawneebuttesseed.<br />
com/guide_to_grasses.htm<br />
Skinner, Q.D, Wright, S.J., Henszey, R. J., Henszey, J.L. and Wyman, S.K.<br />
(2012) A Field Guide to <strong>Alaska</strong> Grasses, Education Resources Publishing,<br />
Cummings Georgia. 384 pp<br />
A<br />
W<br />
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SW<br />
SC<br />
SE<br />
Coarse<br />
Moderately<br />
Coarse<br />
Soil Texture *<br />
Medium<br />
Moderately<br />
Fine<br />
0 2 3 2 0<br />
Fine<br />
* Soil texture is graded on a scale <strong>of</strong> 0 to 3; higher numbers<br />
denote textures to which species is most adapted.<br />
Species not<br />
adapted to region<br />
Adapted Regions:<br />
Alpine Bluegrass<br />
• All Regions<br />
see variety detail at left<br />
Availability<br />
Growth<br />
Form<br />
Average<br />
Height<br />
Native or<br />
Introduced<br />
Saline<br />
Tolerance<br />
Drought<br />
Tolerance<br />
Wet Soil<br />
Tolerance<br />
Competitiveness<br />
pH Range<br />
30<br />
Poor Bunch 6 - 8 in. Native Poor Good Poor Weak 5 - 7.2