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Native Seed Mixes – P18
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Native Seed Mixes - P18

Plains Seed Mix
Below 5,500 Feet Elevation

Grasses

Common NameLatin NameVariety% of Mix#PLS/Acre
Side Oats GramaBouteloua curtipendulaVaughn102.74
Blue GramaBouteloua gracilisAlma or Hachita161.01
BuffalograssBuchloe dactyloidesPlains, Sharp's Improved, Cody, Bowie87.47
SquirreltailElymus elymoidesPueblo or Wapiti41.09
Slender WheatgrassElymus trachycaulusSan Luis, First Strike, or Pryor103.29
SwitchgrassPanicum virgatumBlackwell or NE 2840.54
Western WheatgrassPascopyrum smithiiArriba144.75
Little BluestemSchizachyrium scopariumCimarron or Pastura61.21
Green NeedlegrassStipa viridulaLodorm61.73
Sterile TriticaleTriticum x SecaleQuickguard25.36

Wildflowers

Common NameLatin NameVariety% of Mix#PLS/Acre
Fringed SageArtemisia frigidaVNS30.03
BlanketflowerGaillardia aristataNative or Meriweather51.98
Yellow AsterHeterotheca villosaVNS30.23
Lewis' FlaxLinum lewisiiNative or Maple Grove40.71
Yellow ConeflowerRatibida columniferaNative or Stillwater50.29
Totals10032.43

Rates are for broadcasting. If using a seed drill, reduce rates by half.
PLS = Pure Live Seed

Plains Right of Way (ROW) Seed Mix
Below 5,500 Feet

Grasses

Common NameLatin NameVariety% of mix#PLS/Acre
Side Oats GramaBouteloua curtipendulaVaughn61.64
Blue GramaBouteloua gracilisAlma or Hachita150.95
BuffalograssBuchloe dactyloidesPlains, Sharp's Improved, Cody, Bowie109.33
Inland SaltgrassDistichlis spicataVNS101.01
Streambank WheatgrassElymus lanceolatusSodar134.36
Slender WheatgrassElymus trachycaulusPryor or San Luis82.63
SwitchgrassPanicum virgatumBlackwell or NE 2881.08
Western WheatgrassPascopyrum smithiiArriba125.70
Alkali SacatonSporobolus airoidesSalado70.21
Sand DropseedSporobolus cryptandrusVNS70.07
Sterile TriticaleTriticum x SecaleQuickguard45.36
Totals10032.34

Rates are for broadcasting. If using a seed drill, reduce rates by half.
PLS = Pure Live Seed

Wildfire Partner Foothill Mix
5,500 Feet to 7,000 Feet

Grasses

Common NameLatin NameVariety% of mix#PLS/Acre
Side Oats GramaBouteloua curtipendulaVaughn51.37
Blue GramaBouteloua gracilisNative or Birdseye160.95
Squirrel TailElymus elymoidesPueblo144.9
Thickspike/Streambank WheatgrassElymus lanceolatusSodar or Critana83.35
Slender WheatgrassElymus trachycaulusPryor or First Strike72.63
Mountain FescueFestuca saximontanaNative60.24
JunegrassKoeleria macranthaUP Sims Mesa or Native60.37
Sandberg BluegrassPoa secundaUP Colorado or High Plains100.68
Little BluestemSchizachyrium scopariumPastura or Cimarron61.21
Sterile TriticaleTriticum x SecaleQuickGuard36.03

Wildflowers

Common NameLatin NameVariety% of mix#PLS/Acre
Western YarrowAchillea lanulosa or millefolium var. occidentalisVNS20.04
Prairie SageArtemesia ludovicianaVNS40.03
Sulphur FlowerEriogonum umbellatumVNS40.84
Hairy GoldenasterHeterotheca villosaVNS40.23
Yellow ConeflowerRatibida columniferaVNS50.21
Totals10023.08

Rates are for broadcasting. If using a seed drill, reduce rates by half.
PLS = Pure Live Seed
VNS = Variety Not Stated

Mountain Mix
7,000 Feet and Higher

Grasses

Common NameLatin NameVariety% of mix#PLS/Acre
Blue GramaBouteloua gracilisAlma or Hachita140.89
Nodding BromeBromus ciliatusVNS72.61
Canada WildryeElymus canadensisMandan or Helena Valley104.55
Squirrel TailElymus elymoidesPueblo or Wapiti61.63
Thickspike WheatgrassElymus lanceolatusCritana124.02
Slender WheatgrassElymus trachycaulusSan Luis or First Strike82.63
Rocky Mtn FescueFestuca saximontanaVNS70.30
JunegrassKoeleria macranthaUP Sims Mesa60.14
Mountain MuhlyMuhlenbergia montanaVNS60.23
Sterile TriticaleTriticum x SecaleQuickguard24.02

Wildflowers

Common NameLatin NameVariety% of mix#PLS/Acre
Louisiana SageArtemisia ludovicianaVNS20.02
HarebellCampanula rotundifoliaVNS30.02
Sulfur FlowerEriogonum umbellatumVNS51.24
Purple GeraniumGeranium caespitosumVNS22.01
Yellow AsterHeterotheca villosaVNS30.23
Scarlet GiliaIpomopsis aggregataVNS20.29
Smooth AsterAster laevis or Symphotrichium laeveVNS30.12
Tall Yellow ConeflowerRudbeckia lanciniataVNS20.41
Totals10025.36

Rates are for broadcasting. If using a seed drill, reduce rates by half.
PLS = Pure Live Seed
VNS = Variety Not Stated

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