Establishment of Seeded Grasslands for Wildlife Habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region
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Table 10. Areas of adaptation and performance standards for selected species and varieties of native grasses.*
| Species and variety | Origin | Area and degree of adaptation in specific Major Land Resource Areas in the prairie pothole region** | |||||||||||
| 53A | 53B | 53C | 55A | 55B | 55C | 56 | 57 | 92 | 102A | 102B | 103 | ||
| Warm-season, Native | |||||||||||||
| Big bluestem | |||||||||||||
| Kaw | Southeast Kansas | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-7 | 3 | 3-5 |
| Pawnee | Pawnee county, Nebraska | 9 | 5-7 | 5 | 9 | 5-7 | 3 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 |
| Champ | Iowa, southeast Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7-0 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| PM-SD-27 | Beadle County, South Dakota | 7 | 3-5 | 1 | 5 | 1-3 | 1 | 3-5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| NDG-4 | Morton County, North Dakota | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1-3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5-7 | 9 | 9 |
| Sand bluestem | |||||||||||||
| Woodward | Woodward County, Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Goldstrike | Western and north- central Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5-7 | 3 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 3 | 1 | 1-3 |
| Garden | Nebraska | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5-7 | 3 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Indiangrass | |||||||||||||
| Osage | Kansas, Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Oto | Kansas, Nebraska | 9 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 9 | 5-7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3-5 | 1 | 1-3 |
| Holt | Nebraska | 7 | 3-5 | 3 | 7 | 3-5 | 1 | 3-5 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 3 | 1 | 1-3 |
| Nebraska 54 | Nebraska | 9 | 7 | 3-5 | 9 | 5-7 | 3 | 5-7 | 7 | 7 | 3-5 | 1 | 1-3 |
| PM-ND- 444 | North Dakota and South Dakota | 5 | 1-3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Native grasses | |||||||||||||
| Switchgrass | |||||||||||||
| Blackwell | Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Caddo | Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Kanlow | Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5-7 | 5 |
| Cave-in- Rock | Illinois | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7-9 | 7-9 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 3 |
| Pathfinder | Kansas, Nebraska | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5-7 | 5 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 1 | 1-3 |
| Nebraska 28 | Holt County Nebraska | 7 | 3-5 | 3 | 7 | 3-5 | 3 | 3-5 | 5 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1 | 1-3 |
| Summer | Otoe County, Nebraska | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3-5 | 3 | 3-5 | 5 | 5 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 |
| PM-SD- 149 | Sanborn County, South Dakota | 7 | 1-3 | 1 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| NDG-965- 98 | Morton County, North Dakota | 3 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-5 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Little bluestem | |||||||||||||
| Aldous | South eastern Kansas | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-7 | 3 | 3-5 |
| Camper | Kansas, Nebraska | 7 | 3-5 | 3 | 9 | 3-5 | 3 | 5 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Blaze | Kansas, Nebraska | 7 | 3-5 | 3 | 7 | 3-5 | 3 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Prairie sandreed | |||||||||||||
| Goshen | Wyoming | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3-5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| PM-ND-95 | North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3-5 | 5 | 5 | 5-7 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Sideoats grama | |||||||||||||
| Trailway | Nebraska | 9 | 5 | 3-5 | 9 | 3-5 | 3 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 1 | 1-3 |
| Butte | Nebraska | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3-5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 |
| Pierre | South Dakota | 7 | 1-3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 3-5 |
| Killdeer | North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 5 | 5-7 | 7 |
| Blue grama | |||||||||||||
| Lovington | New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cool-season, Native | |||||||||||||
| Western wheatgrass | |||||||||||||
| Arriba | New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barton | Kansas | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Flintlock | Nebraska | 0 | 5-7 | 1 | 9 | 5-7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Mandan- 456 | North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Rosanna | Montana | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Green needlegrass | |||||||||||||
| Green Stipa | North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Lodorm | North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| PM-SD-93 | South Dakota | 5 | 3-5 | 3 | 7 | 3-5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5-7 |
| Thickspike wheatgrass | |||||||||||||
| Critana | Montana | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5-7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
* Refer to Fig. 1. ** Codes for adaptation are defined as follows: 1-Climatically adapted with optimum level of performance; 3-Good adaptation within 250-300 miles of origin; 5-Moderately adapted within 300-500 miles of origin; 7-Poorly adapted. Southern sources that are moved north-northwest are subject to severe winter injury during establishment, mature late, and will not make seed within normal growing season. Northern sources that are moved southeast mature early, have poor vegetation production, and are less disease resistant; 9-Very poor; use is not recommended; and 0-Not adapted.
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