Seeding Area 10
Area Summary
Target Plant Community: Mesic Tallgrass Prairie
Species Composition: 87
Seeding Date(s): Nov 20, 2021
Seeding Method: Kubota VS500 Broadcast Spreader
Last Land Use: Oat Cover Crop After Soybeans (Glufosinate Tolerant)
Site Prep: None
Seed Mix
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Mix Component | Seeds/ft² | PLS lbs./acre | Seed Source(s) | Source Verified (Y/N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | mix seed | 1.50 | 0.409 | Z1, IA | Y |
| Side Oats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | mix seed | 4.16 | 1.888 | Unspecified County, IA; Houston, Crawford County, MN, WI | Y |
| Prairie Brome | Bromus kalmii | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.340 | Otter Tail County, MN; Houston County, MN | Y, N |
| Small Yellow Fox Sedge | Carex annectens | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.030 | Z, IA | Y |
| Bicknell's Sedge | Carex bicknellii | mix seed | 0.50 | 0.080 | Z2, IA | N |
| Plains Oval Sedge | Carex brevior | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.094 | Z1, IA | Y |
| Heavy Sedge | Carex gravida | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.023 | Z1, IA | N |
| Field Oval Sedge | Carex molesta | mix seed | 0.98 | 0.107 | Z1, IA | Y |
| Canada Wild Rye | Elymus canadensis | mix seed | 0.20 | 0.106 | Crawford, Allamakee County, WI, IA | Y |
| Virginia Wild Rye | Elymus virginicus | mix seed | 0.25 | 0.162 | Tama County, IA | Y |
| June Grass | Koeleria macrantha | mix seed | 4.00 | 0.054 | Z1, IA; Columbia County, WI | Y, N |
| Upland Wild Timothy | Muhlenbergia racemosa | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.034 | Houston County, MN; Z1, IA; Z, IA | N |
| Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | mix seed | 0.87 | 0.170 | Houston County, MN | N |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | mix seed | 7.84 | 1.424 | Madison County, IA; Wabasha, Vernon, Buffalo County, MN, WI | Y |
| Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans | mix seed | 1.56 | 0.355 | Z2, IA | Y |
| Rough Dropseed | Sporobolus compositus | mix seed | 9.01 | 0.817 | Z1, IA | Y |
| Prairie Dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | mix seed | 0.54 | 0.091 | Madison, Union, Kossuth, Guthrie, Greene County, IA; Kossuth County, IA; Unspecified County, IA | Y, N |
| Wild Garlic | Allium canadense | mix seed | 0.02 | 0.107 | Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | mix seed | 0.45 | 0.076 | Unspecified County, IA; Adair, Madison, Webster, Winneshiek County, IA | N |
| Canada Anemone | Anemone canadensis | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.034 | Madison County, IA; Johnson County, IA | N, Y |
| Thimbleweed | Anemone cylindrica | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.010 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Prairie Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | mix seed | 0.99 | 0.011 | Allamakee, Madison County, IA | Y |
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.057 | Madison County, IA | Y |
| Prairie Milkweed | Asclepias sullivantii | mix seed | 0.04 | 0.026 | Kossuth County, IA | Y |
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | mix seed | 0.32 | 0.204 | Allamakee County, IA; Madison County, IA; Houston County, MN | N, Y |
| Butterfly Weed | Asclepias tuberosa | mix seed | 0.20 | 0.127 | Kossuth County, IA; Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Whorled Milkweed | Asclepias verticillata | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.025 | Northeast County, IA; Cherokee County, IA | N, Y |
| Canada Milk Vetch | Astragalus canadensis | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.160 | Allamakee County, IA | Y |
| White Wild Indigo | Baptisia lactea | mix seed | 0.05 | 0.080 | Z1, IA | N |
| Cream Wild Indigo | Baptisia leucophaea | mix seed | 0.01 | 0.020 | Goodhue County, MN | N |
| False Boneset | Brickellia eupatorioides | mix seed | 0.25 | 0.022 | Allamakee County, IA | N |
| New Jersey Tea | Ceanothus americanus | mix seed | 0.20 | 0.072 | Union County, IA | N, Y |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | mix seed | 0.30 | 0.303 | Madison County, IA | Y |
| Prairie Coreopsis | Coreopsis palmata | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.027 | Z, IA; Houston County, MN; Kossuth, Madison County, IA | N, Y |
| White Prairie Clover | Dalea candida | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.144 | Unspecified County, IA; Kossuth County, IA | N, Y |
| Purple Prairie Clover | Dalea purpurea | mix seed | 1.20 | 0.182 | Kossuth, Union, Madison, Greene County, IA | Y |
| Showy Tick Trefoil | Desmodium canadense | mix seed | 0.05 | 0.025 | Z3, IA | Y |
| Illinois Tick Trefoil | Desmodium illinoense | mix seed | 0.05 | 0.032 | Z, IA | Y |
| Prairie Cinquefoil | Drymocallis arguta | mix seed | 4.98 | 0.059 | Unspecified County, IA; Z, IA; Webster County, IA | N, Y |
| Pale Purple Coneflower | Echinacea pallida | mix seed | 0.12 | 0.061 | Madison County, IA | Y |
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | mix seed | 0.17 | 0.062 | Z1, IA | Y |
| Tall Boneset | Eupatorium altissimum | mix seed | 0.60 | 0.033 | Allamakee County, IA | Y |
| Flowering Spurge | Euphorbia corollata | mix seed | 0.18 | 0.060 | Webster County, IA; Unspecified County, IA | N |
| Grass Leaved Goldenrod | Euthamia graminifolia | mix seed | 1.04 | 0.008 | Winona County, MN; Houston County, MN | N |
| Northern Bed Straw | Galium boreale | mix seed | 0.50 | 0.020 | Yellow Medicine County, MN; Blue Earth, Redwing County, MN; Winona County, MN | N |
| Cream Gentian | Gentiana alba | mix seed | 3.01 | 0.059 | Allamakee County, IA | Y |
| Bottle Gentian | Gentiana andrewsii | mix seed | 1.99 | 0.019 | Jasper, Polk County, IA; Madison County, IA | N, Y |
| Saw Tooth Sunflower | Helianthus grosseserratus | mix seed | 0.05 | 0.009 | Clayton County, IA | N |
| Prairie Sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.053 | Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Oxeye Sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | mix seed | 0.14 | 0.061 | Z1, IA | Y |
| Prairie Alumroot | Heuchera richardsonii | mix seed | 2.04 | 0.008 | Madison County, IA | N, Y |
| Spotted St. Johnswort | Hypericum punctatum | mix seed | 2.01 | 0.009 | McHenry County, IL | N |
| Round Headed Bush Clover | Lespedeza capitata | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.034 | Kossuth County, IA | Y |
| Rough Blazing Star | Liatris aspera | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.017 | Greene, Guthrie, Madison, Ringgold, Union County, IA; Z1, IA | Y, N |
| Prairie Blazing Star | Liatris pycnostachya | mix seed | 0.25 | 0.062 | Z1, IA; Kossuth County, IA | Y, N |
| Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | mix seed | 2.02 | 0.011 | Madison County, IA; Z1, IA | Y |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | mix seed | 1.50 | 0.058 | Madison County, IA | Y |
| Biennial Gaura | Oenothera gaura | mix seed | 0.01 | 0.010 | Northeast County, IL | N |
| Wild Quinine | Parthenium integrifolium | mix seed | 0.16 | 0.062 | Kossuth County, IA | Y |
| Wood Betony | Pedicularis canadensis | mix seed | 0.05 | 0.004 | Grant County, SD; Z1, MO | N |
| Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | mix seed | 3.01 | 0.063 | Z, IA; Madison County, IA | N, Y |
| Prairie Phlox | Phlox pilosa | mix seed | 0.05 | 0.007 | Kossuth County, IA | N |
| Hairy Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum pilosum | mix seed | 0.99 | 0.015 | Menard, Logan County, IL | N |
| Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | mix seed | 1.01 | 0.012 | Z1, IA; McLeod County, MN | Y, N |
| Yellow Coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.091 | Kossuth County, IA | Y |
| Prairie Wild Rose | Rosa arkansana | mix seed | 0.05 | 0.055 | Madison County, IA; Houston County, MN; Allamakee, Houston County, IA, MN | N |
| Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.030 | Madison County, IA | N |
| Sweet Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia subtomentosa | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.064 | Iowa County, WI | N |
| Wild Petunia | Ruellia humilis | mix seed | 0.20 | 0.104 | Unspecified County, IA; Madison, Ringgold, Union, Polk County, IA; South County, IA | N, Y |
| Rosin Weed | Silphium integrifolium | mix seed | 0.03 | 0.068 | Ringgold County, IA | Y |
| Compass Plant | Silphium laciniatum | mix seed | 0.02 | 0.082 | Kossuth County, IA; Kossuth, Greene County, IA | Y |
| Old Field Goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | mix seed | 5.99 | 0.054 | Unspecified County, IA; Ringgold County, IA | N, Y |
| Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.067 | Kossuth, Ringgold County, IA | Y |
| Showy Goldenrod | Solidago speciosa | mix seed | 2.01 | 0.057 | Black Hawk County, IA; Black Hawk, Greene County, IA | N, Y |
| Heath Aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides | mix seed | 1.00 | 0.014 | Kossuth County, IA; Greene County, IA | Y, N |
| Smooth Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum laeve | mix seed | 1.20 | 0.059 | Z1, IA | Y |
| New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | mix seed | 0.49 | 0.020 | Z1, IA | Y |
| Sky Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | mix seed | 1.80 | 0.061 | Greene, Kossuth, Madison County, IA; Kossuth, Greene, Madison County, IA | Y, N |
| Purple Meadow Rue | Thalictrum dasycarpum | mix seed | 0.25 | 0.062 | Winneshiek County, IA | N |
| Prairie Spiderwort | Tradescantia bracteata | mix seed | 0.10 | 0.027 | Madison County, IA | N, Y |
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | mix seed | 0.18 | 0.062 | Lucas, Ringgold, Madison, Union County, IA; Madison County, IA | Y |
| Hoary Vervain | Verbena stricta | mix seed | 0.20 | 0.019 | Allamakee County, IA; Unspecified County, IA; Madison County, IA | N |
| Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | mix seed | 0.60 | 0.068 | Madison County, IA | Y |
| Culver's Root | Veronicastrum virginicum | mix seed | 3.97 | 0.014 | Z1, IA; Northern County, IA | N |
| Prairie Violet | Viola pedatifida | mix seed | 0.20 | 0.019 | Ringgold, Madison County, IA; Madison, Ringgold County, IA; Madison County, IA | Y, N |
| Heartleaf Alexanders | Zizia aptera | mix seed | 0.30 | 0.068 | Blue Earth County, MN | N, Y |
| Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | mix seed | 0.25 | 0.062 | Z1, IA | N |
| winter wheat | Triticum aestivum | nurse crop | 15.000* | Unspecified County, Not Applicable | N | |
| rice hulls | filler | 25.000* | Unspecified County, Not Applicable | N | ||
| TOTAL | 91.18 | 10.028 |