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waste areas within a 25 mile radius of Buckeye Ranch. The first three are found on <br /> Buckeye Ranch. Seeds or cuttings are available in the seed/nursery trade for the first seven <br /> species listed. Proper mowing frequencies and practices will greatly enhance these <br /> perennial grasses and associated native wildflowers. <br /> The species list <br /> Creeping Wildrye (Leymus triticoides) : Creeping wild rye is a long-lived creeping <br /> perennial grass that grows in both shady and sunny locations on clay and loamy soils <br /> primarily in low, wet areas (swales) and flats. It is common but not abundant on Buckeye <br /> Ranch. Creeping wildrye stays green into the late summer and if mowed at the correct time <br /> and kept at low stature it can act as a barrier to the spread of fire. <br /> Saltgrass(Distichlis spicata): Saltgrass is a warm-season creeping perennial grass <br /> that grows on alkaline flats in areas that occasionally flood.Distichlis grasslands and <br /> Distichlis/Stipa pulchra associations are common in the delta region. Saltgrass most likely <br /> was a major vegetation type in the lower swales subject to periodic flooding. It is common <br /> but not abundant on Buckeye Ranch. This species is propagated by cuttings. <br /> Blue Wildrve (Elymus glaucus): Blue wildrye is an erect, short-lived perennial <br /> bunchgrass. It presently grows in the woodland meadows at Buckeye Ranch. <br /> California Brome (Bromus carinatus): California brome is a short-lived loosely <br /> tufted bunchgrass that grows in woodland settings with blue wildrye. It disappears with <br /> heavy grazing and in ungrazed areas it cannot compete directly with ripgut.The region also <br /> has a local annual variety of the California brome commonly referred to as the San Joaquin <br /> Arizona Brome (B. arizonicus) (Crampton 1974). <br /> Purple Needlegrass (S.pulchra): Purple needlegrass is a long-lived, drought- <br /> tolerant perennial bunchgrass found in clay soils and associated with upland vernal pool <br /> sites, mima mound topography, and upland saltgrass habitat. Almost all of the upland <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 141 <br />