Using Empirical Performance Data to Source Bluebunch and Snake River Wheatgrass Plant Materials to Restoration Sites in the Eastern Great Basin, USA.

ABSTRACT: To infer adaptation of plant material, restoration practitioners often consider only surrogate geographic or climatic information. However, empirical biomass data could assist in deciding what material to use where. To test this approach, we transplanted seven bluebunch wheatgrass (BBWG; Pseudoroegneria spicata) and five Snake River wheatgrass (SRWG; Elymus wawawaiensis) populations to three sites ranging from low to high precipitation (LPPT, MPPT, and HPPT). We measured establishment-year (2011) biomass at all sites and 2012-16 biomass at MPPT and HPPT. When data were standardized by site, P-7 and Anatone produced the most BBWG biomass across sites and Wahluke the least in both 2011 and 2012-16, while E-58X produced the most SRWG biomass and Secar and E-49X the least in 2011

SUBMITTER: Jones TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11499301 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature