Determination of Native Status


-- What percent of your time (waking hours) is spent working with plants? This could include such things as extension education, farming, gardening, land management, landscaping, propagation, research, revegetation/restoration, seed production, sales or teaching. %

-- How would you describe your occupation/vocation?

-- In what state do you reside or work in most frequently?

Native status questionnaire



This questionnaire asks you to determine whether seed of Indian ricegrass collected from a particular site would be considered native when sown at another site.

Indian ricegrass, Achnatherum hymenoides
(Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth

Densely tufted perennial grass; deserts and plains; Manitoba to British Columbia, s. to Texas, California and northern Mexico.

How would you describe seed of Indian ricegrass collected from each of the following sites for use in a planting that is on public land in your area? The goal is to restore a natural grassland community that has been disturbed.

  Resulting plants at the restored site would be considered
(check one)
Seeds of Indian ricegrass for planting are taken from: Non-native Native Not sure
An undisturbed plant community with the same native vegetation (grassland) that is located less than 1 mile from and on a similar soil as the planting site.
An undisturbed plant community with the same native vegetation (grassland) that has been regularly grazed by cattle and is located less than 1 mile from and on a similar soil as the planting site.
An undisturbed plant community with the same native vegetation (grassland) that is located less than 1 mile from but on a different soil as the planting site.
A previously revegetated roadside surrounded by the same native vegetation (grassland) that is located less than 1 mile from and on a similar soil as the planting site. Seed source used in previous revegetation is unknown.
An undisturbed plant community with different native vegetation (oak woodland) that is located less than 1 mile from and on a similar soil as the planting site.
An undisturbed plant community with the same native vegetation (grassland) that is located between 1 and 10 miles from and on a similar soil as the planting site.
An undisturbed plant community of the same native vegetation (grassland) that is located between 1 and 10 miles from and on a similar soil as the planting site but at an higher elevation.
An undisturbed plant community of the same native vegetation (grassland) that is located between 10 and 100 miles (north or south) from and on a similar soil as the planting site.
An undisturbed plant community of the same native vegetation (grassland) that is located more than 100 miles (north or south) from and on a similar soil as the planting site.
A disturbed weedy lot surrounded by the same native vegetation (grassland) that is located less than 1 mile from and on a similar soil as the planting site.
A commercially available cultivar of Indian ricegrass.
An undisturbed plant community of the same native vegetation (grassland) and climate on a similar soil as the planting site but in Mexico.
An undisturbed plant community of the same native vegetation (grassland) that is located less than 1 mile from and on a similar soil as the planting site but that was seeded in 1915 with a collection of Indian ricegrass from Mexico.


From what source did you learn about this Web site:
Source? Are you a member of this group?
Native Plant Conservation Initiative web page
Native Plant Society web page
Society for Range Management/The Trail Boss/SRM Discussion Board
Society for Ecological Restoration/Restoration and Management Notes/SER Listserver
Society for Conservation Biology Bulletin Board
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