Seeding Area 4 | Tallgrass Prairie Center

Area Summary

Target Plant Community: Wet Mesic Tallgrass Prairie

Species Composition: 77

Seeding Date(s): May 20, 2019

Seeding Method: Truax FLX-88 Native Seed Drill

Last Land Use: Soybeans (Glufosinate Tolerant)

Site Prep: None

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Seed Mix

Common Name	Scientific Name	Seeds/ft²	PLS lbs./acre	Seed Source(s)	Source Verified (Y/N)
Big Bluestem	Andropogon gerardii	1.03	0.281	Z1, IA	N
Side Oats Grama	Bouteloua curtipendula	2.15	0.974	Madison, Greene County, IA	N
Small Yellow Fox Sedge	Carex annectens	1.03	0.031	Lee County, IL	N
Bicknell's Sedge	Carex bicknellii	0.52	0.083	Unspecified County, IA	N
Plains Oval Sedge	Carex brevior	0.52	0.048	Z2, IA	N
Field Oval Sedge	Carex molesta	0.52	0.056	Unspecified County, IA	N
Lance Fruited Oval Sedge	Carex scoparia	1.10	0.036	Z, IA	Y
Fox Sedge	Carex vulpinoidea	2.06	0.056	Z, IA	N
Canada Wild Rye	Elymus canadensis	0.86	0.452	Allamakee County, IA	N
Virginia Wild Rye	Elymus virginicus	0.26	0.167	Z, IA	N
Fowl Manna Grass	Glyceria striata	2.07	0.035	Unspecified County, MN; Madison County, IA	N
Upland Wild Timothy	Muhlenbergia racemosa	1.03	0.035	St. Croix County, WI	N
Switchgrass	Panicum virgatum	0.90	0.175	Kossuth County, IA	N
Little Bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium	2.02	0.368	Z3, IA	N
Indian Grass	Sorghastrum nutans	2.15	0.488	Z1, IA	N
Prairie Cord Grass	Spartina pectinata	0.28	0.116	Z, IA	N
Rough Dropseed	Sporobolus compositus	3.09	0.281	Faribault County, MN	N
Prairie Dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis	0.11	0.019	Z3, IA; Unspecified County, IA	N
Leadplant	Amorpha canescens	0.09	0.016	Unspecified County, IA	N
Canada Anemone	Anemone canadensis	0.02	0.007	Madison County, IA	N
Thimbleweed	Anemone cylindrica	0.05	0.005	Allamakee County, IA	N
Prairie Indian Plantain	Arnoglossum plantagineum	0.03	0.015	Cook County, IL	N
Prairie Sage	Artemisia ludoviciana	1.06	0.012	Unspecified County, IA; Allamakee, Madison County, IA	N
Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	0.10	0.058	Z1, IA	N
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	0.11	0.070	Allamakee County, IA	N
Butterfly Weed	Asclepias tuberosa	0.01	0.007	Kossuth County, IA	N
Whorled Milkweed	Asclepias verticillata	0.01	0.003	Northeast County, IA	N
Canada Milk Vetch	Astragalus canadensis	0.72	0.115	Unspecified County, IA	N
White Wild Indigo	Baptisia lactea	0.02	0.033	Z1, IA	N
New Jersey Tea	Ceanothus americanus	0.05	0.018	Howard County, IA	N
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	0.31	0.312	Allamakee County, IA	N
Prairie Coreopsis	Coreopsis palmata	0.05	0.014	Unspecified County, IA; Z, IA	N
Tall Coreopsis	Coreopsis tripteris	0.10	0.020	Allamakee County, IA	N
White Prairie Clover	Dalea candida	0.52	0.074	Unspecified County, IA	N
Purple Prairie Clover	Dalea purpurea	1.24	0.187	Unspecified County, IA	N
Showy Tick Trefoil	Desmodium canadense	0.26	0.128	Z2, IA; Kossuth, Appanoose, Ringgold County, IA	N
Pale Purple Coneflower	Echinacea pallida	0.20	0.106	Madison County, IA	N
Rattlesnake Master	Eryngium yuccifolium	0.21	0.075	Blue Earth County, MN	N
Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	0.21	0.004	Houston County, MN	N
Grass Leaved Goldenrod	Euthamia graminifolia	1.57	0.012	Winona County, MN	N
Spotted Joe Pye Weed	Eutrochium maculatum	0.27	0.008	Allamakee County, IA	N
Northern Bed Straw	Galium boreale	0.20	0.008	Blue Earth County, MN	N
Bottle Gentian	Gentiana andrewsii	2.07	0.020	Clayton County, IA	N
Wild Licorice	Glycyrrhiza lepidota	0.05	0.036	Yellow Medicine County, MN	N
Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	2.07	0.043	Allamakee County, IA	N
Saw Tooth Sunflower	Helianthus grosseserratus	0.10	0.019	Clayton County, IA	N
Oxeye Sunflower	Heliopsis helianthoides	0.52	0.223	Unspecified County, IA	N
Meadow Blazing Star	Liatris ligulistylis	0.15	0.042	Winneshiek County, IA	N
Prairie Blazing Star	Liatris pycnostachya	0.21	0.051	Unspecified County, IA	N
Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	2.21	0.012	Z1, IA; Madison County, IA	N, Y
Pale Spiked Lobelia	Lobelia spicata	0.08	0.000	Kossuth County, IA	N
Prairie Loosestrife	Lysimachia quadriflora	0.20	0.006	Monroe County, WI	N
Winged Loosestrife	Lythrum alatum	1.93	0.002	Madison County, IA	N
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	0.78	0.030	Madison County, IA	N
Prairie Ragwort	Packera plattensis	0.10	0.003	Fillmore County, MN	N
Wild Quinine	Parthenium integrifolium	0.01	0.004	Unspecified County, IA	N
Marsh Betony	Pedicularis lanceolata	0.52	0.032	Winona County, MN	N
Foxglove Beardtongue	Penstemon digitalis	1.03	0.022	Unspecified County, IA	N
Prairie Phlox	Phlox pilosa	0.02	0.003	Unspecified County, IA	N
Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum virginianum	2.06	0.025	Unspecified County, IA	N
Yellow Coneflower	Ratibida pinnata	1.03	0.094	Allamakee County, IA	N
Prairie Wild Rose	Rosa arkansana	0.02	0.017	Houston County, MN	N
Black Eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	0.77	0.023	Unspecified County, IA	N
Sweet Black Eyed Susan	Rudbeckia subtomentosa	0.78	0.049	Iowa County, WI	N
Rosin Weed	Silphium integrifolium	0.01	0.023	Z2, IA	N
Compass Plant	Silphium laciniatum	0.01	0.043	Houston County, MN	N
Stiff Goldenrod	Solidago rigida	0.77	0.051	Unspecified County, IA	N
Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum ericoides	0.51	0.007	Kossuth County, IA	N
Smooth Blue Aster	Symphyotrichum laeve	0.51	0.025	Unspecified County, IA	N
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	0.86	0.035	Z1, IA	N, Y
Purple Meadow Rue	Thalictrum dasycarpum	0.10	0.026	Kossuth County, IA	N
Ohio Spiderwort	Tradescantia ohiensis	0.11	0.036	Madison County, IA; Lucas, Ringgold, Madison, Union County, IA	N, Y
Blue Vervain	Verbena hastata	0.11	0.003	Allamakee, Madison County, IA	N
Ironweed	Vernonia fasciculata	0.26	0.029	Madison County, IA	N
Culver's Root	Veronicastrum virginicum	4.10	0.014	Z1, IA	N
American Vetch	Vicia americana	0.04	0.052	Houston County, MN	N
Golden Alexanders	Zizia aurea	0.31	0.077	Z, IA	N
TOTAL		53.53	6.185