Mesic Tallgrass Prairie Native Seed Mix - Specifications
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | % of Mix (Seeds/ft2) | Seeds/ft2 | Total oz. / Acre | |
| Grasses | |||||
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | 2.34% | 1.84 | 8.00 | PLS oz. |
| Sideoats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | 8.78% | 6.89 | 50.00 | PLS oz. |
| Canada Wild Rye | Elymus canadensis | 2.44% | 1.91 | 16.00 | PLS oz. |
| Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | 5.33% | 4.18 | 13.00 | PLS oz. |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 13.17% | 10.33 | 30.00 | PLS oz. |
| Indiangrass | Sorghastrum nutans | 3.51% | 2.75 | 10.00 | PLS oz. |
| Prairie Dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | 0.47% | 0.37 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Sedges | |||||
| Plains Oval Sedge | Carex brevior | 2.17% | 1.70 | 2.56 | PLS oz. |
| Bicknell's Sedge | Carex bicknellii | 0.50% | 0.39 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Forbs | |||||
| Anise Hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | 5.27% | 4.13 | 2.00 | PLS oz. |
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | 0.14% | 0.15 | 1.50 | PLS oz. |
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | 0.19% | 0.2 | 0.16 | PLS oz. |
| Smooth Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum laeve | 0.81% | 0.63 | 0.50 | PLS oz. |
| New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | 0.97% | 0.76 | 0.50 | PLS oz. |
| Canada Milk Vetch | Astragalus canadensis | 0.64% | 0.50 | 1.28 | PLS oz. |
| White Wild Indigo | Baptisia alba | 0.05% | 0.04 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | 0.40% | 0.32 | 5.12 | PLS oz. |
| Prairie Sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | 0.13% | 0.32 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| White Prairie Clover | Dalea candidum | 0.71% | 0.56 | 1.28 | PLS oz. |
| Purple Prairie Clover | Dalea purpurea | 1.35% | 1.06 | 2.56 | PLS oz. |
| Showy Tick Trefoil | Desmodium canadense | 0.21% | 0.16 | 1.28 | PLS oz. |
| Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 0.74% | 0.58 | 3.84 | PLS oz. |
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | 0.22% | 0.17 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Cream Gentian | Gentiana flavida | 2.05% | 1.61 | 0.50 | PLS oz. |
| Ox-eye Sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | 1.11% | 0.87 | 6.00 | PLS oz. |
| Marsh Blazingstar | Liatris spicata | 0.28% | 0.18 | 0.50 | PLS oz. |
| Prairie Blazingstar | Liatris pycnostachya | 0.32% | 0.25 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | 2.05% | 1.61 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Wild Quinine | Parthenium integrifolium | 0.52% | 0.41 | 2.56 | PLS oz. |
| Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | 5.71% | 4.48 | 1.50 | PLS oz. |
| Yellow Coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | 1.32% | 1.03 | 1.50 | PLS oz. |
| Sweet black-eyed susan | Rudbeckia subtomentosa | 1.89% | 1.1 | 0.10 | PLS oz. |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | 16.16% | 12.67 | 6.00 | PLS oz. |
| Compass Plant | Silphium laciniatum | 0.02% | 0.02 | 1.00 | PLS oz. |
| Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida | 1.54% | 1.20 | 1.28 | PLS oz. |
| Purple Meadow Rue | Thalictrum dasycarpum | 0.21% | 0.16 | 0.64 | PLS oz. |
| Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | 0.15% | 0.12 | 0.64 | PLS oz. |
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | 8.17% | 6.40 | 3.00 | PLS oz. |
| Culver's Root | Veronicastrum virginicum | 7.49% | 5.88 | 0.32 | PLS oz. |
| Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | 0.48% | 0.38 | 1.50 | PLS oz. |
| % of Mix (Seeds/ft2) | Seeds/ft2 | Total lb / Acre | |||
| Grasses | 35.98% | 28.26 | 8.00 | ||
| Sedges & Rushes | 2.67% | 2.09 | 0.22 | ||
| Forbs | 61.36% | 48.20 | 3.42 | ||
| Grand Total | 100% | 78.56 | 11.65 | ||