Short Grass Dry Prairie 20/20

Recreate the classic shortgrass prairie of the Midwest and Great Plains in your own landscape with this blend. Approximately 38 lbs of seed per acre (30 lbs of seasonally appropriate temporary cover crop, 8 lbs of native matrix) including a minimum of 3 grasses / sedges and 8 forbs (flowers) and at least one legume.

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Category: Seed Mixes, Upland, Wildlife Mixes
Type: Mix - Seed

Description

Short Grass Dry Prairie 20/20

% seed psf Botanical Name Common Name
7.70% Bouteloua curtipendula Side oats grama
0.87% Carex bicknellii Bicknell’s sedge
6.41% Elymus canadensis Canada wild rye
18.49% Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem
10.27% Koeleria macrantha June grass
0.82% Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie dropseed
0.56% Allium cernuum Nodding wild onion
0.44% Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed
1.64% Brickellia eupatorioides False boneset
2.46% Coreopsis lanceolata Sand coreopsis
3.70% Dalea purpurea Purple prairie clover
0.27% Echinacea pallida Pale purple coneflower
0.01% Lupinus perennis Wild lupine
5.01% Penstemon digitalis Beardtongue
4.24% Penstemon hirsutus Hairy beardtongue
5.91% Potentilla arguta Prairie cinquefoil
18.90% Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan
7.70% Solidago nemoralis Old-field goldenrod
1.44% Symphyotrichum sericeum Silky aster
2.88% Verbena stricta Hoary vervain
0.28% Zizia aurea Golden alexanders

Average price per acre: $375
For orders greater than 5 acres, contact us for discount pricing.

 

Recreate the classic shortgrass prairie of the Midwest and Great Plains in your own landscape with this blend. Approximately 38 lbs of seed per acre (30 lbs of seasonally appropriate temporary cover crop, 8 lbs of native matrix) including a minimum of 3 grasses/sedges and 8 forbs (flowers) and at least one legume.

Mix may vary due to availability; substitutions will be made based on ecological function.

Prices vary based on genotypic (origin) requirements.

Species may be adjusted for regional appropriateness.

More Details

  • Common Name
    Upland
  • Region
    Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Mid Atlantic
  • Height
    2'-4'
  • Bloom Period
    Early-Middle-Late
  • Habitat
    Dry, Mesic
  • Shade Tolerant
    Yes
  • Pollinators
    Yes
  • Do they attact Birds or Butterflies
    Yes
  • Appropriate for Rain Garden, Swale and Basin
    Yes
  • Salt Tolerant
    Yes
  • Walnut Tree Compatible
    Yes
  • Appropriate for Erosion Control
    Yes

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