Alaska Forage Manual - Alaska Plant Materials Center - State of ...

Pastures should not be grazed prior to attaining a minimum
height of about 10 inches at the beginning of the grazing
season. Grazing pressures should be adjusted throughout the
season to avoid grazing this grass below a minimum height of
4 inches.
Grasshoppers and seed blight can be a factor during grass
establishment, in semi-humid areas. Foliar diseases in humid
areas have also been known to cause serious problems.
Smooth Brome can be dramatically affected by seed midges,
such as Stenodiplosis bromicola, in some northern areas.
Photo: Alaska PMC
Grass
Cultivars and Releases
• ‘Carlton’ - Western Canada release.
• ‘Manchar’ - Washington release.
• ‘Polar’ - Alaska developed ‘Polar’ Brome may become
commercially available in the future. Check with the
Alaska Plant Materials Center for further detail.
References
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Klebesadel, L.J. (1983) Forage Crops In Alaska - Bulletin 63, University of
Alaska, School of Agriculture and Land Resource Management, Agricultural
Experiment Station. 16 pp
Klebesadel, L.J., R.L. Taylor, W.M. Laughlin, W.W. Mitchell, G.J. Michaelson
and J. Purser (1983) Grain and Forage Crops for Southcentral Alaska,
University of Alaska, Palmer, Alaska. 10 pp
Smooth brome, Bromus inermis
Klebesadel, L.J. (1992) Bromegrass in Alaska. I. Winter Survival and Forage
Productivity of Bromus Species, Types, and Cultivars as Related to Latitudinal
Adaptation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Agriculture and Land
Resources Management, Bulletin 87, 13 pp
Stubbendieck, J., S.L. Hatch, L.M. Landholt (2003) A Field Guide, North
American Wildland Plants. University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska
press. Lincoln, Nebraska. 501 pp
Maurice, E.H., D.S. Metcalfe, R.F. Barnes (1973) Forages, The Science of
Grassland Agriculture. Iowa State University Press, Iowa State University.
Ames, Iowa. 755 pp
Natural Resource Conservation Service (2000) USDA National Plant Data
Center [online] Link: http://plants.usda.gov/java/
Pawnee Buttes Seed Inc. (2004) A Guide to Grasses, Pawnee Butte Seed Inc.,
Greeley, Colorado. 107 pp [online] Link: http://www.pawneebuttesseed.
com/guide_to_grasses.htm
Soil Conservation Service (1972) A Vegetative Guide for Alaska. University
of Alaska, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Soil Conservation Service. 50 pp
Skinner, Q.D. (2010) A Field Guide to Wyoming Grasses. Education Resources
Publishing, Cummings Georgia. 596 pp
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Klebesadel, L.J. (1970) Influence of Planting Date and Latitudinal Provenance
on Winter Survival, Heading, and Seed Production of Bromegrass and
Timothy in the Subarctic, University of Alaska Experiment Station In Crop
Science, Vol. 10. Sept.-Oct. 1970. p 594-598.
Coarse
Moderately
Coarse
Soil Texture *
Medium
Moderately
Fine
1 3 3 3 2
Fine
* Soil texture is graded on a scale of 0 to 3; higher numbers
denote textures to which species is most adapted.
Species not
adapted to region
Adapted Regions:
Smooth Brome
• Interior
• Southcentral
see variety detail at left
Availability
Growth
Form
Average
Height
Native or
Introduced
Saline
Tolerance
Drought
Tolerance
Wet Soil
Tolerance
Competitiveness
pH Range
56
Good Sod 12 - 18 in. Introduced Poor Good Fair Strong 6.0 - 7.5