Seeding Area 5
Area Summary
Target Plant Community: Mesic Tallgrass Prairie
Species Composition: 72
Seeding Date(s): Mar 31-Apr 7 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 | 1.93 | 0.525 | Z1, IA; Z2, IA | N |
| Side Oats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | 2.08 | 0.944 | Madison, Greene County, IA; Greene, Madison County, IA | N, Y |
| Small Yellow Fox Sedge | Carex annectens | 0.89 | 0.027 | Lee County, IL; Z, IA | N |
| Bicknell's Sedge | Carex bicknellii | 0.20 | 0.032 | Unspecified County, IA; Z1, IA | N |
| Plains Oval Sedge | Carex brevior | 0.98 | 0.092 | Z2, IA; Z1, IA | N |
| Heavy Sedge | Carex gravida | 0.01 | 0.002 | Z1, IA | N |
| Field Oval Sedge | Carex molesta | 0.25 | 0.027 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Canada Wild Rye | Elymus canadensis | 0.84 | 0.439 | Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | 0.47 | 0.091 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 2.94 | 0.534 | Z3, IA; Madison, Union, Ringgold, Taylor County, IA | N |
| Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 2.09 | 0.473 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Rough Dropseed | Sporobolus compositus | 4.96 | 0.450 | Faribault County, MN; Z1, IA | N |
| Prairie Dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | 0.03 | 0.005 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | 0.09 | 0.015 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Canada Anemone | Anemone canadensis | 0.05 | 0.017 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Thimbleweed | Anemone cylindrica | 0.14 | 0.015 | Allamakee County, IA; Hancock, Madison County, IA | N |
| Prairie Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | 0.50 | 0.005 | Allamakee, Madison County, IA | N |
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | 0.15 | 0.087 | Z1, IA; Z, IA | N |
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | 0.11 | 0.068 | Allamakee County, IA | N |
| Butterfly Weed | Asclepias tuberosa | 0.03 | 0.019 | Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Whorled Milkweed | Asclepias verticillata | 0.05 | 0.012 | Northeast County, IA | N |
| Canada Milk Vetch | Astragalus canadensis | 0.60 | 0.096 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| White Wild Indigo | Baptisia lactea | 0.02 | 0.032 | Z1, IA | N |
| False Boneset | Brickellia eupatorioides | 0.20 | 0.017 | Allamakee County, IA | N |
| New Jersey Tea | Ceanothus americanus | 0.11 | 0.041 | Howard County, IA; Union County, IA | N |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | 0.25 | 0.252 | Allamakee County, IA; Madison County, IA | N |
| Prairie Coreopsis | Coreopsis palmata | 0.05 | 0.014 | Z, IA | N |
| White Prairie Clover | Dalea candida | 0.50 | 0.072 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Purple Prairie Clover | Dalea purpurea | 1.20 | 0.182 | Unspecified County, IA; Kossuth, Union, Madison, Greene County, IA | N |
| Showy Tick Trefoil | Desmodium canadense | 0.15 | 0.074 | Kossuth, Appanoose, Ringgold County, IA | N |
| Illinois Tick Trefoil | Desmodium illinoense | 0.02 | 0.013 | Monroe County, WI | N |
| Prairie Cinquefoil | Drymocallis arguta | 0.98 | 0.012 | Brown County, WI; Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Pale Purple Coneflower | Echinacea pallida | 0.20 | 0.103 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | 0.30 | 0.109 | Blue Earth County, MN; Z1, IA | N |
| Tall Boneset | Eupatorium altissimum | 0.39 | 0.021 | Allamakee County, IA | N |
| Flowering Spurge | Euphorbia corollata | 0.01 | 0.003 | Webster County, IA | N |
| Grass Leaved Goldenrod | Euthamia graminifolia | 0.70 | 0.005 | Winona County, MN | N |
| Bottle Gentian | Gentiana andrewsii | 0.50 | 0.005 | Clayton County, IA; Jasper, Polk County, IA | N |
| Prairie Sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | 0.10 | 0.051 | Kossuth County, IA | N, Y |
| Oxeye Sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | 0.50 | 0.216 | Unspecified County, IA; Z1, IA | N |
| Prairie Alumroot | Heuchera richardsonii | 0.26 | 0.001 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Spotted St. Johnswort | Hypericum punctatum | 0.49 | 0.002 | McHenry County, IL | N |
| Round Headed Bush Clover | Lespedeza capitata | 0.10 | 0.034 | Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Rough Blazing Star | Liatris aspera | 0.10 | 0.017 | Z1, IA; Greene, Guthrie, Madison, Ringgold, Union County, IA | N, Y |
| Prairie Blazing Star | Liatris pycnostachya | 0.10 | 0.025 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | 1.00 | 0.005 | Z1, IA | N |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | 0.80 | 0.031 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Biennial Gaura | Oenothera gaura | 0.01 | 0.012 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Wild Quinine | Parthenium integrifolium | 0.20 | 0.078 | Unspecified County, IA; Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Wood Betony | Pedicularis canadensis | 0.05 | 0.004 | Winona County, MN; Monroe County, WI | N |
| Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | 2.00 | 0.042 | Unspecified County, IA; Z, IA | N |
| Prairie Phlox | Phlox pilosa | 0.03 | 0.004 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Hairy Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum pilosum | 1.00 | 0.015 | Central County, IL | N |
| Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | 1.43 | 0.018 | Unspecified County, IA; Z1, IA | N |
| Yellow Coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | 0.70 | 0.064 | Allamakee County, IA; Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Prairie Wild Rose | Rosa arkansana | 0.02 | 0.020 | Houston County, MN; Madison County, IA | N |
| Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | 0.70 | 0.021 | Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Sweet Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia subtomentosa | 1.00 | 0.063 | Iowa County, WI | N |
| Rosin Weed | Silphium integrifolium | 0.04 | 0.100 | Z2, IA; Z3, IA | N |
| Compass Plant | Silphium laciniatum | 0.01 | 0.049 | Houston County, MN; Greene, Kossuth County, IA | N, Y |
| Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida | 0.80 | 0.053 | Unspecified County, IA; Kossuth, Ringgold County, IA | N |
| Showy Goldenrod | Solidago speciosa | 0.61 | 0.017 | Redwood County, MN; Black Hawk, Greene County, IA | N |
| Heath Aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides | 0.50 | 0.007 | Kossuth County, IA | N, Y |
| Smooth Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum laeve | 0.50 | 0.025 | Unspecified County, IA; Madison, Kossuth, Union County, IA | N |
| New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | 0.30 | 0.012 | Z1, IA | N |
| Sky Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | 0.75 | 0.025 | Ringgold, Union, Greene County, IA | N, Y |
| Prairie Spiderwort | Tradescantia bracteata | 0.05 | 0.014 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | 0.05 | 0.017 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Hoary Vervain | Verbena stricta | 0.10 | 0.010 | Madison County, IA; Allamakee County, IA | N |
| Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | 0.30 | 0.034 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Prairie Violet | Viola pedatifida | 0.10 | 0.010 | Ringgold, Madison County, IA | N, Y |
| Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | 0.33 | 0.081 | Z, IA; Z1, IA | N |
| TOTAL | 39.98 | 6.107 |