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5. Invasive, Exotic Grasses to AVOID for Reveoetation <br />Common Name <br />Species <br />Comments <br />Canada Bluegrass <br />oa compressa <br />Creeping Bentgrass <br />A rostis <br />stglonlfera <br />Extensively r Izomo ous, <br />hig ly competitive with native <br />spec fes <br />Crested Wheat grass <br />g <br />A ropyron <br />desertorum <br />Forms monoculture <br />Hard or Sheep Fescue <br />Festuca ovina <br />Intermediate <br />Wheatgrass <br />Agroppyron <br />inerrliedlum <br />Outcompetes native species <br />Kentucky Bluegrass <br />Poo pratensis <br />Meadow Fescue <br />Festuca pratensis <br />Meadow Foxtail <br />Alopecurus <br />pratensis <br />Orchardgrass <br />Dactylis <br />glomerata <br />Quackgrass <br />Agropyron repens <br />very a resslve, I <br />co pe I Ive with no Ive <br />species <br />Reed Canary Grass <br />Phalaris <br />arundlnacea <br />Replaces native species in <br />riparian areas <br />ss: Italian, n e a r e rass, a <br />common rye <br />Loluim perenne <br />Smooth Brome <br />iinermi sis <br />Outcompetes native species <br />Tall Fescue <br />Festuca <br />arundinacea <br />Timothy <br />Phleum pretense <br />Adapted from the Colorado Native Plant Society, 2002 <br />The plants listed above are Invasive, exotic species which threaten or potentially threaten natural areas, <br />agricultural lands, and gardens. While there are thousands of introduced plants which pose no threat, there <br />are some that become Invasive, displacing and outcompeting native vegetation. <br />2.8 Mulch. <br />A. Mulch shall be clean, weed -and seed -free, long stemmed grass hay (preferred) or <br />cereal grain straw. Mulch should be applied evenly at a rate of two tons per acre. At <br />least fifty percent (50 %) of the mulch, by weight, should be ten inches or more in <br />length. For steep slopes (slopes steeper than 3:1), drainage swales, in areas of <br />anticipated heavy runoff, and other special situations, blankets anchored with <br />staples, are required instead of mulch. <br />B. Hydromulch: Degradable green dyed virgin wood cellulose fiber, free from weeds or <br />other foreign matter toxic to seed germination. Apply product according to <br />CITY OF GOLDEN <br />REVEGETATION REQUIREMENTS <br />