User’s Guide to Description, Propagation, and Establishment of Sedges, Rushes, and Grasses for Riparian Areas in the Intermountain West

Plant Materials Technical Note Number MT-37

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Plant Materials Technical Note Number MT-37 (PDF; 1.3 MB)

February 2001.
By J. Chris Hoag, Wetland Plant Ecologist, Aberdeen, Idaho; Sandra K. Wyman, Rangeland Management Specialist, Bozeman, Montana; Gary Bentrup, Landscape Architect USDA National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, Nebraska; Larry Holzworth Plant Materials Specialist, Bozeman, Montana; Daniel G. Ogle, Plant Materials Specialist, Boise, Idaho; Joe Carleton, Conservation Agronomist, Bozeman, Montana; Forrest Berg, Stream Mechanics Engineer, Bozeman, Montana; Bob Leinard, Plant Ecologist, Bozeman, Montana.

• Introduction
• Species Descriptions and Propagation Techniques
  • General Seeding
  • Seeding Wetland Plants
  • Seeding Grasses
  • Wildlings (Wild Transplant Collection)
  • Wetland Transplant Establishment
  • Sodding
  • Rhizomes
• Summary
• Reference Literature
• Appendix A: Characteristics of Herbaceous Species for Riparian Revegetation in Intermountain West
• Appendix B: Plant Datasheets and Illustrations

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Jim Jacobs, Plant Materials Specialist
Phone: (406) 587-6995
Email: Jim.Jacobs

Ronald Nadwornick, State Resource Conservationist
Phone: (406) 587-6998
Email: Ron.Nadwornick

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