Crested Wheatgrass: Early History in the United States

Rogler, George A.; Lorenz, Russell J.

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“…Site capture Crested wheatgrass is established on more than 4 million ha of rangeland in western North America (Caldwell et al 1981, Rogler and Lorenz 1983, Bakker et al 1997). In the Great Basin it is relatively resistant to wildfire, aggressive in the seedling stage and has been shown to be effective at capturing sites from cheatgrass and other annual species (D'antonio and Vitousek 1992).…”

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Increasing native diversity of cheatgrass-dominated rangeland through assisted succession

Cox¹,

Anderson²

2004

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Increasing attention, resources and efforts are being focused on the conversion of weedy dominated rangelands back to perennial plant communities that resemble predisturbance communities in form, function and composition. A study was conducted in 1998 and replicated again in 1999 to determine whether native plants could be established through "assisted succession" -manipulating a cheatgrass-dominated area to perennial plant domination, then to native or near -native diversity. Cheatgrass dominated rangeland that had been successfully revegetated with crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L.] Gaertner) was seeded with native species. Another area dominated by cheatgrass, but without crested wheatgrass, was also seeded. Four seedbed preparation methods were investigated: tilling, harrowing, application of a herbicide, and no treatment. Four different seeding methods were used in the 2 areas and 4 seedbed preparation techniques: drilling, broadcasting, a broadcast -cover method, and no seed. Seeding was done in February, and data were collected in mid -summer each year. Native grasses and shrubs emerged in greater numbers on treatments established on the crested wheatgrass matrix than on those established on the cheatgrass matrix. Perhaps in general, but especially in years with normal or below average precipitation, the assisted succession approach proved successful for restoration of native sagebrush-grassland steppe from cheatgrass range.Key Words: cheatgrass, crested wheatgrass, rangeland reseeding, restoration, sagebrush-steppe Natural succession has been suggested as a model for restoration and management of disturbed plant communities (Luken 1990, Hironaka 1994, Jones 1997, 1998, Brown and Amacher 1999. In wildland restoration, 3 basic components of succession may be used to determine the suitability of land for intervention: site availability, species availability, and species performance (Rosenberg and Freedman 1984, Pickett et al. 1987, Luken 1990, Sheley et al. 1996. Each of these may be initiated, modified, or curtailed by restorationists with the aim of affecting the trajectory of succession.The difficulty of seeding native species directly into areas dominated by cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and other exotic annuals is well documented (Campbell and Swain 1973, Pellant 1990, Allen 1995, Beckstead et al. 1995, Monsen and McArthur 1995 nar si las plantas nativas pudieran ser establecidas a través de "sucesión asistida ", esto es, manipulando un área dominada por "Cheatgrass" para que dominen las plantas perennes y alcanzar una diversidad igual o cercana a la original. Un pastizal dominado por "Cheatgrass" que había sido revegetado exitosamente con "Crested wheatgrass" (Agropyron cristatum [L.] Gaertner) se sembró con especies nativas. Otra área dominada por "Cheatgrass "pero sin "Crested wheatgrass" también fue sembrada. Se investigaron cuatro métodos de preparación de la cama de siembra: Labranza, barbecho, aplicación de un herbicida y no tratamiento. En las dos áreas se usaron cuatro méto...

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Increasing native diversity of cheatgrass-dominated rangeland through assisted succession

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2004

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“…Meadow bromegrass is not as tolerant of cold temperatures as smooth bromegrass (Barnes et al 1995) and this probably resulted in considerable winter-kill in February 1994 when the mean minimum daily temperature was -22.4°C in comparison with the long term average of -13.7°C. Crested wheatgrass also ranked poorly considering that this is the most widely used and successful introduced grass in western North America (Rogler and Lorenz 1983;Vogel et al 1993). However, crested wheatgrass is not as tolerant of salinity as other grasses such as Altai and Russian wild ryegrasses or tall and slender wheatgrasses (Knowles and Kilcher 1983) and its botanical composition in the plots was poor probably because of the moderately high salinity of the soil.…”

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Agronomic characteristics and nutritive value of 11 grasses grown with irrigation on a saline soil in southwestern Saskatchewan

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Jefferson³

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Can. J. Plant Sci.

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Grasses were clipped at threeleaf, heading and seed set. Yield, leaf-to-stem ratio (LSR), botanical composition (BC), crude protein (CP), phosphorus, fibre and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) were determined. There were differences (P < 0.05) between the grasses in yield at each growth stage with smooth bromegrass and creeping foxtail having high yields and meadow bromegrass low yields at all growth stages. The BC of most target grasses was greater than 60%. Exceptions were Dahurian wild ryegrass, crested wheatgrass, tall wheatgrass and meadow bromegrass. There were few significant differences between the grasses for LSR, except that Russian and Altai wild ryegrasses and meadow bromegrass had higher LSR (P < 0.05) than the other grasses. Differences in CP, P, neutral (NDF) and acid (ADF) detergent fibres were inconsistent and small at each growth stage but CP and P declined (P < 0.05) while NDF and ADF increased (P < 0.05) with plant maturation. There were differences (P < 0.05) between years and cuts for all traits except between years for yield, BC and LSR at seed set (P > 0.05). Dry matter intake (DMI) NDF and in vivo dry matter digestibility (DMD) were determined for hay cut from each plot using sheep. The relationship between forage NDF and DMI: was used to calculate predicted DMI (PDMI) for all clipped samples. Hay IVDMD differed from DMD (P < 0.05) and the regression DMD = 1.27 IVDMD -5.75 (r 2 = 0.89; RSD = 3.21; P < 0.001) was used to adjust IVDMD to predicted in vivo digestibility estimates (PDMD). PDMD differed (P < 0.05) between the grasses only at heading and seed set. Yield of PDDM (YPDDM), yield of CP (YCP) and the sum of these and PDMI were used to rank the grasses for usefulness as hay or pasture for early or late grazing.

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“…Crested wheatgrass was introduced in western North America in the late 1800s and early 1900s to increase pasture productivity (Dillman 1946;Smoliak et al 1981;Rogler and Lorenz 1983;Mosley et al 1993). This species was not readily available or used extensively in the Great Plains until the 1930s (Hull and Klomp 1966), following a severe drought when a hardy grass was sought to revegetate abandoned crop fields (Clarke and Heinrichs 1941;Dillman 1946).…”

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“…It also has higher yields compared with native grassland (Lawrence and Ratzlaff 1989). The success of crested wheatgrass caused it to be planted more than any other non-native species in western North America (Rogler and Lorenz 1983). Whilst crested wheatgrass provides forage for livestock, there is concern about its effects on native short-grass prairie and soil (Smoliak et al 1981).…”

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Impact and management of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum) in the northern Great Plains

Vaness¹,

Wilson²

2007

Can. J. Plant Sci.

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Vaness, B. M. and Wilson, S. D. 2007. Impact and management of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum) in the northern Great Plains. Can. J. Plant Sci. 87: 1023-1028. Crested wheatgrass [Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.] invades native prairie and reduces diversity in the northern Great Plains. Here we review the effects of crested wheatgrass on grassland communities and ecosystems, as well as potential strategies for controlling crested wheatgrass. Because of its tussock growth form and C 3 photosynthetic pathway, crested wheatgrass is likely to alter native grassland both above-and belowground. Experiments and long-term population projections suggest that both grazing and herbicide applied regularly can greatly decrease its abundance even though established populations may not be eliminated.

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Crested Wheatgrass: Early History in the United States

Cited by 81 publications

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Increasing native diversity of cheatgrass-dominated rangeland through assisted succession

Increasing native diversity of cheatgrass-dominated rangeland through assisted succession

Agronomic characteristics and nutritive value of 11 grasses grown with irrigation on a saline soil in southwestern Saskatchewan

Impact and management of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum) in the northern Great Plains

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