Post-fire seeding in the Great Basin: Is more better?

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Seeding across two years was beneficial as 2021–2022 was warm and dry (less growth) and 2022–2023 was cold and wet (more growth). The perennial seed mix of forbs, grasses, and shrubs used included nine
dryland species. The forbs were most successful, with the best results in the high seeding rate during the cold, wet year. Unexpectedly, the perennial shrubs and grasses hardly germinated. Researchers suspect
perhaps the commercially grown seeds were not adapted to the Reno climate, or there was not enough rainfall. Bethedging like this with high rates of annual seedling, that include different plant groups, and across multiple years, could be helpful for landscapes with unpredictable interannual weather patterns.