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Grasses

Grasses are the mainstay of almost every effort to establish new planting, and typically make up more than 80% of all seed planted.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Precipitation	Planting Rate	Sun/Shade Tolerance
Alkali Grass	Puccinella distans	16"	3 - 4# pls lbs/acre reclamation planting .5 lbs/1000 sq. ft.	2 - Both
Alkali Sacaton	Sporoolus airodes	10" - 15"	2 - 3 pls lbs/ac	1 - Very Sunny
Alpine Bluegrass	Poa alpina	20"	1-3 pls lbs/acre	2 - Both
Arizona Fescue	Festuca arizonica	14"	3 pls lbs/acre	1 - Very Sunny
Big Bluegrass	Poa secunda ssp. ampla	11"	2-4 pls lbs	2 - Both
Bottlebrush Squirreltail	Elymus elemoides	8"	7 - 12 lbs/ac	1 - Very Sunny
Canada Bluegrass	Poa compressa	15" - 18"	2 pls lbs/acre	2 - Both
Canby Bluegrass	Poa secunda spp canbyi	10"	2-4 pls lbs/acre	1 - Very Sunny
Creeping Foxtail	Alopecurus arundinaceus	18"	1-3 lb PLS/acre	2 - Both
Fringed Brome	Bromus ciliatus	+30"	15 - 18 pls lbs/ac	2 - Both
Green Needlegrass	Nassella viridula	12"	6 pls lbs - 10 pls lbs/ ac	2 - Both
Hard Fescue	Festuca trachyphylla	12"	3 - 6 pls lbs/acre	1 - Very Sunny
Idaho Fescue	Festuca idahoensis	14" - 20"	3 - 6#	1 - Very Sunny
Kentucky Bluegrass – Forage type	Poa pratensis	18" - 30"	Forage seeding 10 - 15 blk lbs/ac	1 - Very Sunny
Letterman’s Needlegrass	Stipa lettermanii	6"	6 - 8 pls lbs/ac	2 - Both
Meadow Brome	Bromus biebersteinii	14" minimum 16"+ for good stand	10 - 20# acre	1 - Very Sunny
Mountain Brome	Bromus marginatus	16"	10 pls lbs/ac but not recommended for a mono stand	1 - Very Sunny
Muttongrass	Poa fendleriana	10"	2-3 pls lbs	2 - Both
Needle & Thread Grass	Hesperostipa comata spp. comata	7" - 12"	6 pls lbs/ac	1 - Very Sunny
Nodding Brome	Bromus anomalus	14"	5-10#	2 - Both
Prairie Junegrass	Koeleria macrantha	14"	1 - 2 pls lbs/acre	2 - Both
Redtop	Agrostis gigantea	30"+	1pls lb/ac	1 - Very Sunny
Reed Canarygrass	Phalaris arundinacea	16"+	5 - 7 blk lbs/ac	1 - Very Sunny
Rocky Mountain Fescue	Festuca saximontana	10"+	1 - 3 pls lbs/acre	1 - Very Sunny
Sandberg Bluegrass	Poa secunda spp sandbergii	8"	2-4 pls lbs/acre	1 - Very Sunny
Sheep Fescue	Festuca ovina	12"	4# pls/acre or 1#/1000 sq. ft.	1 - Very Sunny
Smooth Brome	Bromus inermis	12" - 18"	15# - 20# per acre	2 - Both
Tall Fescue Pasture	Festuca arundinacea	18" minimum	15# - 20# per acre	2 - Both
Thurber Fescue	Festuca thurberii	20"	3 - 5 pls lbs/acre	1 - Very Sunny
Timothy	Phleum pratense	16"+	3 - 5 pls lbs/ac	2 - Both
Tufted Hairgrass	Deschampsia cespitosa	14" but also adapted to wetlands	1-2 pls lbs/ac	2 - Both

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