Mesic Tallgrass Prairie Native Seed Mix Specifications

Seeding Rate: 11.48 lb/acre (77.1 seeds/square foot)

Common Name Scientific Name % of Mix Seeds/ft2              Total
Grasses
Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii 4.36% 1.8 0.50 PLS lb
Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula 27.23% 6.9 3.13 PLS lb
Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis 8.71% 1.9 1.00 PLS lb
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum 7.08% 4.2 0.81 PLS lb
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium 16.34% 10.3 1.88 PLS lb
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans 5.45% 2.8 0.63 PLS lb
Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis 0.54% 0.4 0.06 PLS lb
Sedges & Rushes
Plains Oval Sedge Carex brevior 1.39% 1.7 0.16 PLS lb
Bicknell's Sedge Carex bicknellii 0.54% 0.4 0.06 PLS lb
Forbs
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum 1.09% 4.1 0.13 PLS lb
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata 0.82% 0.2 0.09 PLS lb
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca 0.09% 0.0 0.01 PLS lb
Smooth Blue Aster Symphyotrichum laeve 0.27% 0.6 0.03 PLS lb
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 0.27% 0.8 0.03 PLS lb
Canada Milkvetch Astragalus canadensis 0.70% 0.5 0.08 PLS lb
White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba 0.54% 0.0 0.06 PLS lb
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata 2.79% 0.3 0.32 PLS lb
Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris 0.54% 0.3 0.06 PLS lb
White Prairie Clover Dalea candida 0.70% 0.6 0.08 PLS lb
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea 1.39% 1.1 0.16 PLS lb
Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense 0.70% 0.2 0.08 PLS lb
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea 2.09% 0.6 0.24 PLS lb
Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium 0.54% 0.2 0.06 PLS lb
Cream Gentian Gentiana flavida 0.27% 1.6 0.03 PLS lb
Ox-eye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides 3.27% 0.9 0.38 PLS lb
Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera 0.27% 0.2 0.03 PLS lb
Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya 0.54% 0.3 0.06 PLS lb
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa 0.54% 1.6 0.06 PLS lb
Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium 1.39% 0.4 0.16 PLS lb
Foxglove Beardtongue  Penstemon digitalis 0.82% 4.5 0.09 PLS lb
Yellow Coneflower Ratibida pinnata 0.82% 1.0 0.09 PLS lb
Sweet Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa 0.05% 0.1 0.01 PLS lb
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta 3.27% 12.7 0.38 PLS lb
Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum 0.54% 0.0 0.06 PLS lb
Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida 0.70% 1.2 0.08 PLS lb
Purple Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum 0.35% 0.2 0.04 PLS lb
Ohio Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis 0.35% 0.1 0.04 PLS lb
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata 1.63% 6.4 0.19 PLS lb
Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum 0.17% 5.9 0.02 PLS lb
Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea 0.82% 0.4 0.09 PLS lb

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