Dispersal rates of forage kochia (Bassia prostrata) from seeded areas in southern Idaho

Jeffrey E. Ott; Francis F. Kilkenny; Jessica Irwin

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Dispersal rates of forage kochia (Bassia prostrata) from seeded areas in southern Idaho

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Authors:

Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Jessica Irwin

Year:

2017

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Final Report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Grant IAA F16PG00075. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 12 p.

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Abstract

Forage kochia (Bassia prostrata, hereafter ‘kochia’), a short-statured shrub of Eurasian origin, has been widely seeded in the Intermountain West for rangeland revegetation, post-fire rehabilitation and greenstripping. Although popular for revegetation purposes, it can be become troublesome in areas managed for biodiversity conservation. In southwestern Idaho, kochia is considered invasive in slickspot communities where it competes with sensitive endemic peppergrass species Lepidium papilliferum and L. davisii (Kinter et al. 2012, BLM 2014).

Keywords

kochia, Bassia prostrata, rehabilitation, seeded areas

Citation

Ott, Jeffrey E.; Kilkenny, Francis F.; Irwin, Jessica. 2017. Dispersal rates of forage kochia (Bassia prostrata) from seeded areas in southern Idaho. Final Report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Grant IAA F16PG00075. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 12 p.