Seeding Area 6 | Tallgrass Prairie Center

Area Summary

Target Plant Community: Wet-Mesic Tallgrass Prairie

Species Composition: 81 species

Seeding Date(s): Apr 9, 2020

Seeding Method: Truax FLX-88 Native Seed Drill

Last Land Use: Soybeans (Glufosinate Tolerant)

Site Prep: None

Seed Mix

Common Name	Scientific Name	Seeds/ft²	PLS lbs./acre	Seed Source(s)	Source Verified (Y/N)
Big Bluestem	Andropogon gerardii	1.92	0.523	Z2, IA	N
Side Oats Grama	Bouteloua curtipendula	1.33	0.605	Greene, Madison County, IA	Y
Blue Joint Grass	Calamagrostis canadensis	1.06	0.010	Z1, IA	N
Small Yellow Fox Sedge	Carex annectens	0.96	0.029	Z, IA	N
Bicknell's Sedge	Carex bicknellii	0.24	0.038	Z1, IA	N
Plains Oval Sedge	Carex brevior	0.48	0.045	Z1, IA	N
Heavy Sedge	Carex gravida	0.05	0.011	Z1, IA	N
Field Oval Sedge	Carex molesta	0.48	0.052	Unspecified County, IA	N
Lance Fruited Oval Sedge	Carex scoparia	0.96	0.031	Rock County, WI; Z, IA	N, Y
Awl fruited Sedge	Carex stipata	0.48	0.038	Rice County, MN	N
Fox Sedge	Carex vulpinoidea	1.67	0.045	Z, IA	N
Canada Wild Rye	Elymus canadensis	0.81	0.422	Kossuth County, IA	N
Virginia Wild Rye	Elymus virginicus	0.48	0.311	Z, IA; Tama County, IA	N, Y
Fowl Manna Grass	Glyceria striata	1.92	0.033	Madison County, IA	N
Dudley's Rush	Juncus dudleyi	5.42	0.005	Waushara County, WI	N
Upland Wild Timothy	Muhlenbergia racemosa	0.96	0.033	Z, IA	N
Switchgrass	Panicum virgatum	0.84	0.164	Unspecified County, IA	N
Little Bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium	1.89	0.342	Madison, Union, Ringgold, Taylor County, IA; Z1, IA	N
Dark Green Bulrush	Scirpus atrovirens	1.88	0.011	Madison County, IA	N
Indian Grass	Sorghastrum nutans	2.01	0.455	Madison County, IA; Z1, IA	N, Y
Prairie Cord Grass	Spartina pectinata	0.26	0.108	Grant County, MN	N
Rough Dropseed	Sporobolus compositus	1.92	0.174	Z1, IA	N
Prairie Dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis	1.03	0.176	Unspecified County, IA	N
Canada Anemone	Anemone canadensis	0.02	0.006	Madison County, IA	N
Prairie Sage	Artemisia ludoviciana	0.11	0.001	Allamakee, Madison County, IA	N
Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	0.24	0.136	Z, IA	N
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	0.21	0.131	Allamakee County, IA	N
Canada Milk Vetch	Astragalus canadensis	0.96	0.153	Unspecified County, IA	N
White Wild Indigo	Baptisia lactea	0.02	0.031	Z1, IA	N
Nodding Bur Marigold	Bidens cernua	0.09	0.012	Green County, WI; Waushara County, WI	N
False Aster	Boltonia asteroides	0.29	0.005	Faribault County, MN	N
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	0.24	0.242	Madison County, IA	N
Turtlehead	Chelone glabra	0.20	0.006	Allamakee County, IA	N
Tall Coreopsis	Coreopsis tripteris	0.05	0.009	Allamakee County, IA	N, Y
White Prairie Clover	Dalea candida	0.24	0.034	Unspecified County, IA	N
Purple Prairie Clover	Dalea purpurea	0.29	0.044	Kossuth, Union, Madison, Greene County, IA	N
Showy Tick Trefoil	Desmodium canadense	0.24	0.119	Kossuth, Appanoose, Ringgold County, IA; Z3, IA	N, Y
Flat Topped Aster	Doellingeria umbellata	0.48	0.020	Monroe County, WI; Mille Lacs County, MN	N, Y
Rattlesnake Master	Eryngium yuccifolium	0.19	0.070	Z1, IA	N, Y
Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	0.48	0.008	Houston County, MN; Allamakee County, IA	N, Y
Grass Leaved Goldenrod	Euthamia graminifolia	0.95	0.007	Winona County, MN	N
Spotted Joe Pye Weed	Eutrochium maculatum	0.00	0.000	Allamakee County, IA	Y
Cream Gentian	Gentiana alba	0.48	0.009	Allamakee County, IA	Y
Bottle Gentian	Gentiana andrewsii	0.96	0.009	Jasper, Polk County, IA	N
Stiff Gentian	Gentianella quinquefolia	0.67	0.010	Winona County, MN	N
Wild Licorice	Glycyrrhiza lepidota	0.10	0.067	Pope County, MN	N
Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	0.96	0.020	Allamakee County, IA; Fremont, Allamakee County, IA	N, Y
Saw Tooth Sunflower	Helianthus grosseserratus	0.05	0.009	Clayton County, IA	N
Oxeye Sunflower	Heliopsis helianthoides	0.48	0.208	Z1, IA	N
Great St. John's Wort	Hypericum ascyron	1.60	0.023	Allamakee County, IA	Y
Prairie Blazing Star	Liatris pycnostachya	0.10	0.024	Unspecified County, IA; Z1, IA	N
Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	1.93	0.013	Jasper County, IA	N, Y
Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	1.96	0.011	Z1, IA; Madison County, IA	N
Water Horehound	Lycopus americanus	0.49	0.010	Winona County, MN	N
Prairie Loosestrife	Lysimachia quadriflora	0.24	0.007	Monroe County, WI	N
Winged Loosestrife	Lythrum alatum	2.99	0.003	Madison County, IA	N
Monkey Flower	Mimulus ringens	1.11	0.001	Allamakee County, IA	Y
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	0.78	0.030	Madison County, IA	N, Y
Marsh Betony	Pedicularis lanceolata	0.48	0.030	Winona County, MN; Cerro Gordo County, IA	N
Foxglove Beardtongue	Penstemon digitalis	0.95	0.020	Z, IA	N
Prairie Phlox	Phlox pilosa	0.01	0.001	Unspecified County, IA	N
Obedient Plant	Physostegia virginiana	0.16	0.024	Allamakee County, IA	Y
Slender Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	0.52	0.004	Unspecified County, IL; Central County, IA	N
Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum virginianum	0.95	0.012	Z1, IA	N
Yellow Coneflower	Ratibida pinnata	0.10	0.009	Kossuth County, IA	N
Black Eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	0.96	0.029	Unspecified County, IA	N
Sweet Black Eyed Susan	Rudbeckia subtomentosa	0.10	0.006	Iowa County, WI	N
Maryland Senna	Senna marilandica	0.02	0.035	Madison County, IA	N
Rosin Weed	Silphium integrifolium	0.02	0.044	Z3, IA	N
Riddell's Goldenrod	Solidago riddellii	0.77	0.022	Z, IA; Dakota County, MN	N
Stiff Goldenrod	Solidago rigida	0.96	0.064	Kossuth, Ringgold County, IA	N
Smooth Blue Aster	Symphyotrichum laeve	0.67	0.033	Madison, Kossuth, Union County, IA	N
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	0.48	0.020	Z1, IA	N
Germander	Teucrium canadense	0.19	0.026	Fillmore County, MN	N
Purple Meadow Rue	Thalictrum dasycarpum	0.19	0.048	Kossuth County, IA	N
Ohio Spiderwort	Tradescantia ohiensis	0.10	0.033	Madison County, IA	N
Blue Vervain	Verbena hastata	0.96	0.028	Allamakee, Madison County, IA	N, Y
Ironweed	Vernonia fasciculata	0.77	0.087	Madison County, IA	N, Y
Culver's Root	Veronicastrum virginicum	1.96	0.007	Z1, IA	N
American Vetch	Vicia americana	0.07	0.097	Houston County, MN	N
Golden Alexanders	Zizia aurea	0.29	0.071	Z1, IA	N
TOTAL		60.92	5.902