Sample Native Seed Mixes

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Diversity Mix

(mixes change slightly each year based on species availability and prices)

Grasses Pounds per acreSeeds per square foot
Big bluestemAndropogon gerardii1.55.50
Sideoats gramaBouteloua curtipendula2.55.50
Canada wildryeElymus canadensis2.03.80
SwitchgrassPanicum virgatum0.52.60
Little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium2.513.80
IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans1.56.60
Rough dropseedSporobolus asper1.011.00
Total 11.5048.80

 

Forbs Ounces per acreSeeds per square foot
Lead plantAmorpha canascens0.80.29
Butterfly milkweedAsclepias tuberosa2.00.20
Canada milkvetchAstragalus canadensis1.60.62
White wild indigoBaptisia lactea1.00.04
Partridge peaChamaecrista fasciulata32.02.00
Prairie coreopsisCoreopsis palmata0.80.18
Purple prairie cloverDalea purpurea3.21.10
Showy tick trefoilDesmodium canadense0.80.10
Pale purple coneflowerEchinacea pallida4.40.53
Rattlesnake masterEryngium yuccifolium2.00.34
Ox-eye sunflowerHeliopsis helianthoides4.80.69
Roundheaded bushcloverLespedeza capitata2.00.37
Rough blazingstarLiatris aspera0.80.29
Prairie blazingstarLiatris pycnostachya4.81.21
Wild bergamotMonarda fistulosa1.62.57
Stiff goldenrodOligoneuron rigidum0.80.75
Foxglove penstemonPenstemon digitalis2.05.97
Large-flowered penstemonPenstemon grandiflorus1.00.32
Yellow coneflowerRatibida pinnata4.83.31
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta3.26.76
Sweet black-eyed SusanRudbeckia subtomentosa0.40.39
Wild petuniaRuellia humilis1.60.19
Compass plantSilphium laciniatum1.20.02
Smooth blue asterSymphyotrichum laeve0.40.51
New England asterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae0.81.21
Ohio spiderwortTradescantia ohiensis2.40.44
Hoary vervainVerbena stricta0.80.51
IronweedVernonia fasciculata0.40.22
Culver's rootVeronicastrum viginicum0.47.35
Golden AlexandersZizia aurea1.60.40
Total 84.4038.88

 

Wet species Ounces per acreSeeds per square foot
Swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnata2.80.31
Blue jointCalamagrostis canadensis1.27.71
Brown fox sedgeCarex vulpinoidea3.27.35
SneezeweedHelenium autumnale0.61.79
Great blue lobeliaLobelia siphilitica0.44.59
Mountain mintPycnanthemum virginianum0.42.02
Dark green bulrushScirpus atrovirens3.233.79
Blue vervainVerbena hastata0.40.85

Wet species bagged separately for use in moist ditch bottoms.

 

Ditch clean-out mix

Grasses Pounds per acreSeeds per square foot
Big bluestemAndropogon gerardii1.55.50
Sideoats gramaBouteloua curtipendula2.55.50
Canada wildryeElymus canadensis2.03.80
SwitchgrassPanicum virgatum0.52.60
Little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium2.513.80
IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans1.56.60
Rough dropseedSporobolus asper1.011.00
Total 11.5048.80

 

Forbs Ounces per acreSeeds per square foot
Swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnata2.80.31
Partridge peaChamaercrista fasciulata16.01.00
Purple prairie cloverDalea purpurea3.21.10
Pale purple coneflowerEchinacea pallida4.40.53
Rattlesnake masterEryngium yuccifolium1.00.17
Ox-eye sunflowerHeliopsis helianthoides4.80.69
Yellow coneflowerRatibida pinnata4.83.31
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta3.26.76
Total 40.2013.87