Seeding Area 2
Area Summary
Target Plant Community: Mesic Tallgrass Prairie
Species Composition: 79 species
Seeding Date(s): May 15-16, 2019
Seeding Method: Truax FLX-88 Native Seed Drill
Last Land Use: Soybeans (Glufosinate Tolerant)
Site Prep: None
Seed Mix
| Common Name | Scientific Name (FNA) | Seeds/ft² | PLS lbs./acre | Seed Source(s) | Source Verified (Y/N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | 1.50 | 0.407 | Z1, IA | N |
| Side Oats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | 2.07 | 0.938 | Z1, IA; Madison, Greene County, IA | N |
| Prairie Brome | Bromus kalmii | 0.25 | 0.085 | Houston County, MN | N |
| Small Yellow Fox Sedge | Carex annectens | 0.10 | 0.003 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Bicknell's Sedge | Carex bicknellii | 0.30 | 0.048 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Plains Oval Sedge | Carex brevior | 0.50 | 0.047 | Z2, IA | N |
| Field Oval Sedge | Carex molesta | 0.25 | 0.027 | Z2, IA; Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Canada Wild Rye | Elymus canadensis | 0.84 | 0.437 | Z1, IA; Allamakee County, IA | N |
| Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | 0.87 | 0.170 | Unspecified County, IA; Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 2.93 | 0.532 | Z3, IA | N |
| Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 2.08 | 0.471 | Z1, IA | N |
| Rough Dropseed | Sporobolus compositus | 4.98 | 0.452 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Prairie Dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | 0.11 | 0.018 | Z3, IA | N |
| Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | 0.18 | 0.030 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Canada Anemone | Anemone canadensis | 0.05 | 0.017 | Unspecified County, IA; Madison County, IA | N |
| Thimbleweed | Anemone cylindrica | 0.10 | 0.010 | Allamakee County, IA | N |
| Prairie Pussytoes | Antennaria neglecta | 0.21 | 0.001 | Burnett County, WI | N |
| Prairie Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | 1.00 | 0.011 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | 0.10 | 0.056 | Z1, IA | N |
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | 0.11 | 0.068 | Houston County, MN | N |
| Butterfly Weed | Asclepias tuberosa | 0.03 | 0.019 | Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Whorled Milkweed | Asclepias verticillata | 0.05 | 0.012 | Houston County, MN; Northeast County, IA | N |
| Canada Milk Vetch | Astragalus canadensis | 0.59 | 0.095 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| White Wild Indigo | Baptisia lactea | 0.02 | 0.032 | Z1, IA | N |
| New Jersey Tea | Ceanothus americanus | 0.09 | 0.033 | Howard County, IA | N |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | 0.25 | 0.251 | Allamakee County, IA | N |
| Prairie Coreopsis | Coreopsis palmata | 0.05 | 0.014 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| White Prairie Clover | Dalea candida | 0.50 | 0.071 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Purple Prairie Clover | Dalea purpurea | 1.20 | 0.181 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Showy Tick Trefoil | Desmodium canadense | 0.15 | 0.074 | Z2, IA | N |
| Illinois Tick Trefoil | Desmodium illinoense | 0.02 | 0.016 | Monroe County, WI | N |
| Shooting Star | Dodecatheon meadia | 0.03 | 0.001 | Unspecified County, MN | N |
| Prairie Cinquefoil | Drymocallis arguta | 0.99 | 0.012 | Unspecified County, MN; Brown County, WI | N |
| Pale Purple Coneflower | Echinacea pallida | 0.24 | 0.128 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | 0.25 | 0.090 | Blue Earth County, MN | N |
| Tall Boneset | Eupatorium altissimum | 0.25 | 0.014 | Allamakee County, IA | N |
| Flowering Spurge | Euphorbia corollata | 0.09 | 0.032 | Unspecified County, IA; Webster County, IA | N |
| Grass Leaved Goldenrod | Euthamia graminifolia | 1.00 | 0.008 | Unspecified County, MN | N |
| Spotted Joe Pye Weed | Eutrochium maculatum | 0.20 | 0.006 | Allamakee County, IA | N |
| Northern Bed Straw | Galium boreale | 0.10 | 0.004 | Blue Earth County, MN | N |
| Bottle Gentian | Gentiana andrewsii | 0.51 | 0.005 | Clayton County, IA | N |
| Showy Sunflower | Helianthus X laetiflorus | 0.02 | 0.012 | NA | NA |
| Saw Tooth Sunflower | Helianthus grosseserratus | 0.08 | 0.015 | Winona County, MN; Clayton County, IA | N |
| Prairie Sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | 0.01 | 0.003 | Kossuth County, IA | N, Y |
| Oxeye Sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | 0.50 | 0.215 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Prairie Alumroot | Heuchera richardsonii | 0.21 | 0.001 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Round Headed Bush Clover | Lespedeza capitata | 0.10 | 0.034 | Z1, IA; Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Rough Blazing Star | Liatris aspera | 0.10 | 0.017 | Unspecified County, IA; Z1, IA | N |
| Prairie Blazing Star | Liatris pycnostachya | 0.10 | 0.025 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | 0.99 | 0.005 | Houston County, MN | N |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | 0.75 | 0.029 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Biennial Gaura | Oenothera gaura | 0.02 | 0.025 | Houston County, MN; Madison County, IA | N |
| Prairie Ragwort | Packera plattensis | 0.01 | 0.000 | Fillmore County, MN | N |
| Wild Quinine | Parthenium integrifolium | 0.20 | 0.077 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Wood Betony | Pedicularis canadensis | 0.01 | 0.001 | Winona County, MN | N |
| Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | 2.00 | 0.042 | Unspecified County, MN; Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Prairie Phlox | Phlox pilosa | 0.03 | 0.004 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Hairy Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum pilosum | 1.00 | 0.015 | Unspecified County, IL; Central County, IL | N |
| Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | 1.00 | 0.012 | Madison County, IA; Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Yellow Coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | 1.00 | 0.090 | Allamakee County, IA | N |
| Prairie Wild Rose | Rosa arkansana | 0.01 | 0.016 | Houston County, MN | N |
| Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | 1.08 | 0.032 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Sweet Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia subtomentosa | 1.00 | 0.063 | Iowa County, WI | N |
| Rosin Weed | Silphium integrifolium | 0.01 | 0.023 | Z2, IA | N |
| Compass Plant | Silphium laciniatum | 0.01 | 0.041 | Unspecified County, IL; Houston County, MN | N |
| Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida | 0.75 | 0.050 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Showy Goldenrod | Solidago speciosa | 0.70 | 0.020 | Redwood County, MN | N |
| Heath Aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides | 0.50 | 0.007 | Greene County, IA; Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Smooth Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum laeve | 0.50 | 0.025 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | 0.19 | 0.008 | Central County, IA; Z1, IA | N |
| Sky Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | 0.50 | 0.017 | Houston County, MN; Winona County, MN; Ringgold, Union, Greene County, IA | N |
| Purple Meadow Rue | Thalictrum dasycarpum | 0.10 | 0.025 | Houston County, MN; Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Prairie Spiderwort | Tradescantia bracteata | 0.05 | 0.014 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | 0.10 | 0.034 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | 0.10 | 0.003 | Allamakee, Madison County, IA | N |
| Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | 0.25 | 0.028 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Culver's Root | Veronicastrum virginicum | 0.67 | 0.002 | Unspecified County, IA; Z1, IA | N |
| Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | 0.30 | 0.074 | Z, IA | N |
| TOTAL | 40.05 | 6.030 |