Mesic Short Prairie Mix (Mix D) Native Seed Specifications
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | % of Mix (Seeds/ft2) | Seeds/ft2 | Total lb / Acre | |
| Grasses | |||||
| Sideoats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | 8.79% | 6.6 | 3.00 | PLS lb |
| Prairie Brome | Bromus kalmii | 7.82% | 5.9 | 2.00 | PLS lb |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 16.12% | 12.1 | 2.20 | PLS lb |
| Prairie Dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | 3.13% | 2.4 | 0.40 | PLS lb |
| Sedges & Rushes | |||||
| Plains Oval Sedge | Carex brevior | 2.27% | 1.7 | 0.16 | PLS lb |
| Bicknell's Sedge | Carex bicknellii | 1.99% | 1.5 | 0.24 | PLS lb |
| Forbs | |||||
| Anise Hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | 3.52% | 2.6 | 0.08 | PLS lb |
| Nodding Onion | Allium cernuum | 0.45% | 0.3 | 0.12 | PLS lb |
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | 0.38% | 0.3 | 0.16 | PLS lb |
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | 0.34% | 0.3 | 0.16 | PLS lb |
| Sky Blue Aster | Aster azureus | 3.13% | 2.4 | 0.08 | PLS lb |
| Smooth Blue Aster | Aster laevis | 2.15% | 1.6 | 0.08 | PLS lb |
| Canada Milk Vetch | Astragalus canadensis | 1.00% | 0.7 | 0.12 | PLS lb |
| White Wild Indigo | Baptisia alba | 0.13% | 0.1 | 0.16 | PLS lb |
| Cream Wild Indigo | Baptisia leucophaea | 0.05% | 0.0 | 0.08 | PLS lb |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | 0.32% | 0.2 | 0.24 | PLS lb |
| White Prairie Clover | Dalea candidum | 1.48% | 1.1 | 0.16 | PLS lb |
| Purple Prairie Clover | Dalea purpurea | 2.11% | 1.6 | 0.24 | PLS lb |
| Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 0.52% | 0.4 | 0.16 | PLS lb |
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | 0.73% | 0.6 | 0.20 | PLS lb |
| Cream Gentian | Gentiana flavida | 5.47% | 4.1 | 0.08 | PLS lb |
| Round-headed Bush Clover | Lespedeza capitata | 0.63% | 0.5 | 0.16 | PLS lb |
| Prairie Blazingstar | Liatris pycnostachya | 1.93% | 1.5 | 0.36 | PLS lb |
| Northern Blazingstar | Liatris scariosa | 0.21% | 0.2 | 0.04 | PLS lb |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | 1.37% | 1.0 | 0.04 | PLS lb |
| Wild Quinine | Parthenium integrifolium | 0.68% | 0.5 | 0.20 | PLS lb |
| Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | 5.08% | 3.8 | 0.08 | PLS lb |
| Prairie Cinquefoil | Potentilla arguta | 4.49% | 3.4 | 0.04 | PLS lb |
| Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | 8.60% | 6.5 | 0.08 | PLS lb |
| Prairie Wild Rose | Rosa arkansana | 0.15% | 0.1 | 0.12 | PLS lb |
| Showy Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia fulgida | 1.21% | 0.9 | 0.08 | PLS lb |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | 8.99% | 6.8 | 0.20 | PLS lb |
| Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida | 3.20% | 2.4 | 0.16 | PLS lb |
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | 0.47% | 0.4 | 0.12 | PLS lb |
| Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | 1.07% | 0.8 | 0.20 | PLS lb |
| % of Mix (Seeds/ft2) | Seeds/ft2 | Total lb / Acre | |||
| Grasses | 36% | 27.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Sedges & Rushes | 4% | 3.2 | 0.4 | ||
| Forbs | 60% | 45.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Grand Total | 100% | 75.2 | 12.0 | ||