Basic Mesic Tallgrass Prairie Seed Mix
1000 sq ft
$55.00
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Basic Mesic Tallgrass Prairie Seed Mix
$55.00
This is the base version of our Mesic Tallgrass Prairie Mix. The lower diversity and seed density still provide more than adequate coverage to establish a simple tallgrass prairie in dry to mesic soils.
Mix Characteristics
- Moisture: Dry, Dry-Mesic, Mesic
- Soil: Sand, Loam, Clay
- Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
- Height: Over 4'
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Specs
| Total Seeding Rate: 31.28 lbs per acre | |||
| 3.88 lbs grasses • 2.41 lbs forbs • 25 lbs nurse crop | |||
| 39.42 native seeds per sq ft • up to 8 ft | |||
| Grasses | PLS Oz/acre | Seeds/sq ft | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem | 10.00 | 2.30 |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye | 16.00 | 1.91 |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass | 8.00 | 2.57 |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | 20.00 | 6.89 |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Grass | 8.00 | 2.20 |
| Total Grasses | 62.00 | 15.87 | |
| Forbs | PLS Oz/acre | Seeds/sq ft | |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | 2.00 | 0.18 |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | 2.00 | 0.20 |
| Baptisia lactea (B. leucantha, B. alba) | White Wild Indigo | 1.00 | 0.04 |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea | 8.00 | 0.50 |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | 6.00 | 0.91 |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | False sunflower | 4.00 | 0.58 |
| Liatris spicata | Marsh Blazingstar | 1.50 | 0.38 |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | 2.00 | 3.21 |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | 1.50 | 4.48 |
| Ratibida pinnata | Yellow Coneflower | 2.50 | 1.72 |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan | 4.00 | 8.45 |
| Silphium integrifolium | Rosinweed | 0.25 | 0.01 |
| Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod | 1.00 | 0.94 |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster | 1.00 | 1.52 |
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexander | 1.75 | 0.44 |
| Total Forbs | 38.50 | 23.56 | |
| Temporary Grass Cover | Oz/acre | Seeds/sq ft | |
| Lolium multiflorum | Annual Ryegrass | 80.00 | 24.79 |
| Avena sativa | Seed Oats | 320.00 | 7.35 |
| Total Temp Grasses | 400.00 | 32.14 | |
Note: Species subject to availability; substitutions may be necessary.
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