Mesic Short Prairie Native Seed Mix - Specifications
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | % of Mix (Seeds/ft2) | Seeds/ft2 | Total oz. / Acre | |
| Grasses | |||||
| Sideoats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | 8.37% | 5.51 | 40.00 | PLS oz. |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 20.91% | 13.77 | 40.00 | PLS oz. |
| Prairie Dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | 1.12% | 0.73 | 2.00 | PLS oz. |
| Sedges & Rushes | |||||
| Plains Oval Sedge | Carex brevior | 3.54% | 2.33 | 3.5 | PLS oz. |
| Bicknell's Sedge | Carex bicknellii | 0.74% | 0.49 | 1.25 | PLS oz. |
| Forbs | |||||
| Anise Hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | 5.02% | 3.31 | 1.60 | PLS oz. |
| Nodding Onion | Allium cernuum | 0.67% | 0.44 | 1.75 | PLS oz. |
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | 0.15% | 0.10 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Sky Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | 1.39% | 0.92 | 0.50 | PLS oz. |
| Smooth Blue Aster | Aster laevis | 1.92% | 1.26 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Canada Milk Vetch | Astragalus canadensis | 1.19% | 0.78 | 2.00 | PLS oz. |
| White Wild Indigo | Baptisia alba | 0.06% | 0.04 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | 0.38% | 0.25 | 4.00 | PLS oz. |
| White Prairie Clover | Dalea candidum | 0.99% | 0.65 | 1.50 | PLS oz. |
| Purple Prairie Clover | Dalea purpurea | 2.04% | 1.34 | 3.25 | PLS oz. |
| Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 0.92% | 0.61 | 4.00 | PLS oz. |
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | 0.46% | 0.30 | 1.75 | PLS oz. |
| Cream Gentian | Gentiana flavida | 3.66% | 2.41 | 0.75 | PLS oz. |
| Round-headed Bush Clover | Lespedeza capitata | 0.28% | 0.18 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Prairie Blazingstar | Liatris pycnostachya | 0.58% | 0.38 | 1.50 | PLS oz. |
| Northern Blazingstar | Liatris scariosa | 0.21% | 0.14 | 0.50 | PLS oz. |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | 3.66% | 2.41 | 1.50 | PLS oz. |
| Wild Quinine | Parthenium integrifolium | 0.98% | 0.64 | 4.00 | PLS oz. |
| Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | 7.25% | 4.78 | 1.60 | PLS oz. |
| Prairie Cinquefoil | Potentilla arguta | 6.41% | 4.22 | 0.80 | PLS oz. |
| Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | 1.92% | 1.26 | 0.25 | PLS oz. |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | 12.83% | 8.45 | 4.00 | PLS oz. |
| Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida | 2.86% | 1.88 | 2.00 | PLS oz. |
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | 0.21% | 0.14 | 0.75 | PLS oz. |
| Culver's root | Veronicastrum virginicum | 8.92% | 5.88 | 0.32 | PLS oz. |
| Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | 0.38% | 0.25 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| % of Mix (Seeds/ft2) | Seeds/ft2 | Total lbs. / Acre | |||
| Grasses | 30.40% | 20.02 | 5.13 | ||
| Sedges & Rushes | 4.28% | 2.82 | 0.30 | ||
| Forbs | 65.32% | 43.02 | 2.71 | ||
| Grand Total | 100% | 65.86 | 8.13 | ||