Solar Array Seed Mix Specifications

Seeding Rate: 10 lb/acre (55.1 seeds/square foot).

 

Common Name Scientific Name % of Mix Seeds/ft2              Total
Grasses
Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula 32.50% 7.2 3.250 PLS lb
Prairie Brome Bromus kalmii 5.00% 1.5 0.500 PLS lb
Slender Wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus 10.00% 2.5 1.000 PLS lb
Virginia Wild Rye Elymus virginicus 11.50% 1.8 1.150 PLS lb
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium 15.00% 8.3 1.500 PLS lb
Sand Dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus 0.50% 6.4 0.050 PLS lb
Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis 0.50% 0.3 0.050 PLS lb
Sedges & Rushes
Bicknell's Sedge Carex bicknellii 0.50% 0.3 0.050 PLS lb
Plains Oval Sedge Carex brevior 3.00% 3.2 0.300 PLS lb
Troublesome Sedge Carex molesta 0.50% 0.5 0.050 PLS lb
Brown Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea 1.00% 3.7 0.100 PLS lb
Forbs
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium 0.10% 0.7 0.010 PLS lb
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum 0.20% 0.7 0.020 PLS lb
Lead Plant Amorpha canescens 1.00% 0.6 0.100 PLS lb
Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis 0.20% 0.1 0.020 PLS lb
Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis 0.10% 0.1 0.010 PLS lb
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca 1.20% 0.2 0.120 PLS lb
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa 0.40% 0.1 0.040 PLS lb
Canada Milkvetch Astragalus canadensis 1.00% 0.6 0.100 PLS lb
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata 6.00% 0.6 0.600 PLS lb
Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata 0.80% 0.6 0.080 PLS lb
White Prairie Clover Dalea candida 2.60% 1.8 0.260 PLS lb
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea 3.00% 2.0 0.300 PLS lb
Prairie Cinquefoil Drymocallis arguta 0.20% 1.7 0.020 PLS lb
Spotted Bee Balm Monarda punctata 0.10% 0.3 0.010 PLS lb
Foxglove Beardtongue  Penstemon digitalis 0.60% 2.9 0.060 PLS lb
Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum 0.20% 1.6 0.020 PLS lb
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta 0.50% 1.7 0.050 PLS lb
Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis 0.20% 2.2 0.020 PLS lb
Sky Blue Aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense 0.20% 0.6 0.020 PLS lb
Ohio Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis 0.40% 0.1 0.040 PLS lb
Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta 0.20% 0.2 0.020 PLS lb
Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea 0.80% 0.3 0.080 PLS lb

 

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

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