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APPLICATION OF UP PLANT MATERIALS
Ken HolsingerBLM Uncompahgre Field Office
[email protected] 970-240-5389
3600 Acres Burned
MELLEN FIRE SEED MIXCommon Name Scientific Name Variety
lbs PLS/ac
% Seed mix
Western wheatgrass
Pascopyrum smithii Rosana 5 31
Crested wheatgrass
Agropyron cristatum Hycrest 2 13
Thickspike wheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus Critana 3 19
Indian ricegrass
Achnatherum hymenoides Rimrock 5 31
Sandberg bluegrass Poa secunda
Uncompaghre Plateau 1 6
UP POSE Seeding Rate 1pls lb/acre
Mellen Fire Results
Study Number
Percent Frequency
Percent Cover
Percent Composition
1A 10 0.3 0.8
2A 5 0.1 1.2
3A 15 0.4 2.7
4A 5 0.1 0.4
Beaver Fire Seed MixCommon
NameScientific Name Variety lbs
PLS/ac
% Seed mix
Muttongrass Poa fendleriana UP Release 1 4
Sandburg bluegrass
Poa secunda Uncompahgre Plateau
1 4
Bottlebrush squirreltail
Elymus elymoides Tusas 2 7
Slender wheatgrass
Elymus trachycaulus
ssp. trachycaulus
San Luis 3 11
Triticosecale (Quickguard)
×Triticosecale Quickguard 20 74
UP POSE & POFE Seeding Rate 1pls lb/acre
Beaver Fire Results
Study Number
Species Percent Frequen
cy
Percent Cover
Percent Composition
Beaver WF1 CTI1 POSE 13.33 0.33 0.59
Beaver WF1 CTI1
POFE 6.67 0.17 0.76
*Additional Plot Frequency POSE 2011 40% 2012 80%
*Additional Plot Frequency POFE 2011 35% 2012 70%
Total Study Area Plant Cover 2012 56.33%
Grammor Fire Seed Mix
Common Name Scientific Name Varietylbs
PLS/ac
% Seed mix
Western yarrowAchillea
millefolium var. occidentalis
Uncompahgre Plateau
0.09 1
Indian ricegrassAchnatherum hymenoides Rimrock 2.7 25
Bottlebrush squirreltail
Elymus elymoides VNS 2.8 26
Sand dropseedSporobolus cryptandrus VNS 0.4 4
Western wheatgrass
Pascopyrum smithii Arriba 3.6 34
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus VNS 0.9 8
Sandburg bluegrass Poa secunda
Uncompahgre Plateau 0.25 2
UP POSE Seeding Rate0.25 pls lb/acre
Grammor Fire Results
Study Number Species Percent
FrequencyPercent Cover
Percent Composition
Grammor WF1 CTI1
(2011)POSE 6.67 0.17 0.82
Grammor WF1 CTI2
(2011)POSE 33.33 0.83 3.68
Grammor WF1 CTI2
(2012)POSE 13.33 1.17 3.50
Grammor WF1 CTI1
(2011)ACMIO 6.67 1.00 4.92
Grammor WF1 CTI1
(2012)ACMIO 26.67 3.00 6.27
Total Study Area Plant Cover 2012CTI1 47.8% CTI2 33.3% CTI3 29.7%
*Additional Plot Frequency for GrammorPOSE
WF1 CTI1 2010 40%
2011 60%
2012 30%
WF1 CTI2 2010 50%
2011 100%
2012 90%
WF1 CTI3 2010 0%
2011 0%
2012 10%
