Yakima_Training_Center_ITAM_2018_Seed_Requirements.pdf

Yakima Training Center ITAM 2018 Seed Requirements

All seed materials obtained and used for this requirement shall adhere to Washington State (e.g., Blue Tag) Certification standards. The source (where the seed was grown, not necessarily vendor location) for all seed used at YTC must be adapted to the Columbia Plateau ecoregion of the Central/Eastern Washington areas or from within the geographic region of Eastern

Washington and Eastern Oregon to ensure regional compatibility.

Seed shall be a minimum of 90% certified pure live seed (PLS) per pound and shall be bagged in 50 lb sacks by the vendor. All mixes shall be pre-mixed and all solo species shall be individually packed. Species shall be tagged appropriately and quantities listed on each sack. All seed materials are applied on a Pure Live Seed (PLS) pound basis. The following rates are PLS pounds:

YTC ITAM SEED REQUIREMENTS

SOLO Seed Species – NO MIXING

Species Cultivar/ Variety Germplasm Common Name % of Mix PLS lbs.

Agropyron fragile

(AGFR)

*Vavilov II

Siberian Wheatgrass

(Vavilov II) 100 6500

Poa secunda (POSE) Reliable Reliable Sandberg

Bluegrass 100 200

Achillea millefolium occidentalis (ACMI) Yakima

Yakima Western

Yarrow 100 300

Elymus elymoides Bottlebrush Squirreltail 100 200

Total Needed: 6500 lbs AGFR, 200 lbs POSE, 300 lbs ACMI, & 200 lbs ELEL5

* If "Vavilov II" is unavailable please quote the price for the cultivar "Vavilov"

YTC ITAM Native Grass Mix –

PRE-MIXED

15 lbs/acre

Species Cultivar/Variety Germplasm Common Name % of Mix lb/ acre

PLS

lbs.

Elymus wawawaiensis Secar

Snake River

Wheatgrass (Secar) .35 5.25 350

Pseudoroegneria spicata Bluebunch Wheatgrass .30 4.50 300

Elymus elymoides Bottlebrush Squirreltail .25 3.75 250

Poa secunda Reliable Reliable Sandberg

Bluegrass .07 1.05 70

Achillea millefolium occidentalis Yakima

Yakima Western

Yarrow .03 0.45 30

1.00

Total Needed: 1000 lbs

YTC ITAM Heavy Disturbance Mix –

PRE-MIXED

15 lbs/acre

Species Cultivar/Variety Germplasm Common Name % of Mix lb/ acre

PLS

lbs.

Agropyron fragile *Vavilov II Siberian Wheatgrass

(Vavilov II)

0.50 7.5 2000

Elymus wawawaiensis Secar

Snake River

Wheatgrass (Secar)

0.20 3.0 800

Pseudoroegneria spicata Bluebunch Wheatgrass 0.15 2.25 600

Poa secunda Reliable Reliable Sandberg

Bluegrass

0.12 1.8 480

Achillea millefolium occidentalis Yakima

Yakima Western

Yarrow

0.03 0.45 120

1.00

Total Needed: 4000 lbs

* If "Vavilov II" is unavailable please quote the price for the cultivar "Vavilov"