Mesic Short Prairie Native Seed Mix Specifications

Seeding Rate: 8.14 lb/acre (65.7 seeds/square foot)

Common Name Scientific Name % of Mix Seeds/ft2 Total
Grasses        
Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula 30.72% 5.5 2.500 PLS lb
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium 30.72% 13.8 2.500 PLS lb
Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis 1.54% 0.7 0.125 PLS lb
Sedges & Rushes
Plains Oval Sedge Carex brevior 2.69% 2.3 0.219  PLS lb
Bicknell's Sedge Carex bicknellii 0.96% 0.5 0.078 PLS lb
Forbs
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum 1.23% 3.3 0.100  PLS lb
Nodding Onion Allium cernuum 1.34% 0.3 0.109 PLS lb
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa 0.77% 0.1 0.063 PLS lb
Canada Milkvetch Astragalus canadensis 1.54% 0.8 0.125 PLS lb
White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba 0.77% 0.0 0.063 PLS lb
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata 3.07% 0.2 0.250 PLS lb
White Prairie Clover Dalea candida 1.15% 0.7 0.094 PLS lb
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea 2.50% 1.3 0.203 PLS lb
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea 3.07% 0.6 0.250 PLS lb
Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium 1.34% 0.3 0.109 PLS lb
Cream Gentian Gentiana flavida 0.58% 2.4 0.047 PLS lb
Round-headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata 0.77% 0.2 0.063 PLS lb
Meadow Blazing Star Liatris ligulistylis 0.49% 0.1 0.040 PLS lb
Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya 1.15% 0.4 0.094 PLS lb
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa 1.15% 2.4 0.094 PLS lb
Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium 3.07% 0.6 0.250 PLS lb
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis 1.23% 4.8 0.100 PLS lb
Prairie Cinquefoil Drymocallis arguta 0.61% 4.2 0.050 PLS lb
Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum 0.19% 1.3 0.016 PLS lb
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta 3.07% 8.4 0.250 PLS lb
Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida 1.54% 1.9 0.125 PLS lb
Smooth Blue Aster Symphyotrichum laeve 0.77% 1.3 0.063 PLS lb
Sky Blue Aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense 0.38% 0.9 0.031 PLS lb
Ohio Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis 0.58% 0.1 0.047 PLS lb
Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum 0.25% 5.9 0.020 PLS lb
Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea 0.77% 0.3 0.063 PLS lb

 

Substitutions may be necessary based on availability at the time of order.