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	8.35%	5.51	40.00	PLS oz.
Little Bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium	20.88%	13.77	40.00	PLS oz.
Prairie Dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis	1.11%	0.73	2.00	PLS oz.

Sedges & Rushes
Plains Oval Sedge	Carex brevior	3.53%	2.33	3.5	PLS oz.
Bicknell's Sedge	Carex bicknellii	0.74%	0.49	1.25	PLS oz.

Forbs
Anise Hyssop	Agastache foeniculum	5.01%	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	1.91%	1.26	1.00	PLS oz.
Canada Milk Vetch	Astragalus canadensis	1.18%	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	3.65%	2.41	0.75	PLS oz.
Round-headed Bush Clover	Lespedeza capitata	0.28%	0.18	1.00	PLS oz.
Prairie Blazingstar	Liatris pycnostachya	0.57%	0.38	1.50	PLS oz.
Northern Blazingstar	Liatris scariosa	0.36%	0.24	0.64	PLS oz.
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	3.65%	2.41	1.50	PLS oz.
Wild Quinine	Parthenium integrifolium	0.97%	0.64	4.00	PLS oz.
Foxglove Beardtongue	Penstemon digitalis	7.24%	4.78	1.60	PLS oz.
Prairie Cinquefoil	Potentilla arguta	6.40%	4.22	0.80	PLS oz.
Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum virginianum	1.91%	1.26	0.25	PLS oz.
Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	12.81%	8.45	4.00	PLS oz.
Stiff Goldenrod	Solidago rigida	2.85%	1.88	2.00	PLS oz.
Ohio Spiderwort	Tradescantia ohiensis	0.21%	0.14	0.75	PLS oz.
Culver's root	Veronicastrum virginicum	8.91%	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
	% of Mix (Seeds/ft²)	Seeds/ft²	Total lbs. / Acre
Grasses	30.35%	20.02	5.13
Sedges & Rushes	4.27%	2.82	0.30
Forbs	65.38%	43.12	2.72
Grand Total	100%	65.96	8.14