Appendix C Commercially Available Grass Seed Mixture Constituents by Terrestrial Coastal BEC Zones (Bolded Species Should Consti

Appendix C

Commercially Available Grass Seed Mixture Constituents by Terrestrial Coastal BEC Zones (Bolded species should constitute the greatest percentage by weight e.g. >20%)

* Manivalde (Many) Vaartnou Ph.D., P.Ag. is gratefully acknowledged for his advice and peer-review of this document *

BEC Recommended Native Recommended Agronomic Zone Seed Mixture Constituents Seed Mixture Constituents

IDFww  JunegrassB Koeleria macrantha  Annual ryeB Lolium multiflorum  Rocky Mountain fescueB Festuca saximontana  Perennial ryeB Lolium perenne B B  Idaho fescue Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis  Hard fescue Festuca trachyphylla S  Red fescue Festuca rubra

CDFmm  Roemer’s fescueB Festuca idahoensis ssp. roemeri N/A (Garry Oak  California oatgrassB Danthonia californica Ecosystems only) B  California brome Bromus carinatus B  Blue wildrye Elymus glaucus

- No legumes to be included

CDFmm  California bromeB Bromus carinatus  Red fescueS Festuca rubra (excluding Garry Oak  Blue wildryeB Elymus glaucus  Red topS Agrostis gigantea Ecosystems) S B  Native red fescue Festuca rubra ssp. arenicola  Perennial rye Lolium perenne S B  Canada bluegrass Poa compressa  Annual rye Lolium multiflorum  Spike bentgrassS Agrostis exarata  Alsike cloverL Trifolium hybridum  Hair bentgrassB Agrostis scabra  Red cloverL Trifolium pratense  Tufted hairgrassB Deschampsia cespitosa  White cloverL Trifolium repens  Slender hairgrassB Deschampsia elongata  Poverty oatgrassB Danthonia spicata

CWH “dry”  Same as immediately above, except:  Red fescueS Festuca rubra (subzones: xm, ds, 1. Replace California brome Bromus carinatusB  Red topS Agrostis gigantea dm, ms, mm, ws) with Alaska bromeB Bromus sitchensis  Perennial ryeB Lolium perenne  Annual ryeB Lolium multiflorum 2. On wet sites, Alaska bromeB Bromus sitchensis  Alsike cloverL Trifolium hybridum is reduced to 25% by weight and Tufted  Red cloverL Trifolium pratense hairgrassB Deschampsia cespitosa is increased  White cloverL Trifolium repens to 10% by weight.

CWH “wet”  Same as immediately above, except:  Red fescueS Festuca rubra S (subzones: wm, vm, 1. Replace Native red fescue Festuca rubraS ssp.  Red top Agrostis gigantea wh, vh ) arenicola (e.g. 20%) with Native red fescue  Alsike cloverL Trifolium hybridum S  Red cloverL Trifolium pratense Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa (e.g. 20%)  White cloverL Trifolium repens

MH  Native red fescueS Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa  Red fescueS Festuca rubra (subzones: mm, wh)  Alaska bromeB Bromus sitchensis  Red topS Agrostis gigantea  Blue wildryeB Elymus glaucus  Alsike cloverL Trifolium hybridum B L  Tufted hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa  Red clover Trifolium pratense L  White clover Trifolium repens

S = sodgrass B = bunchgrass L = legume