Description
GRASSES | 48.75% (14.12 PLS/ft2) |
Blue Grama, Bad River | Sand Bluestem, Champ |
Indiangrass, Cheyenne | Sand Lovegrass |
Little Bluestem, Aldous | Sideoats Grama, Butte |
Prairie Junegrass | Switchgrass, Nebraska 28 |
Prairie Sandreed | Western Wheatgrass, Barton |
WILDFLOWERS | 51.25% (14.84 PLS/ft2) |
American Vetch | Partridgepea |
Aromatic Aster | Pitcher Sage |
Baldwin’s Ironweed | Prairie Aster |
Black-eyed Susan | Purple Prairie Clover |
Blacksamson | Rocky Mountain Bee Plant |
Blanketflower (Indian Blanket) | Roundhead Lespedeza |
Canada Milkvetch | Sand Milkweed |
Candle Anemone | Scarlet Globemallow |
Common Evening Primrose | Sensitive Briar |
Common Milkweed | Shell-leaf Penstemon |
Cudweed Sagewort | Showy Milkweed |
Dotted Gayfeather | Slender Beardstongue |
Engelmann’s Daisy | Stiff Goldenrod |
False Boneset | Stiff Sunflower |
False Sunflower | Tall Boneset |
Four-Point Evening Primrose | Upright Coneflower |
Heath Aster | Western Wild Rose |
Hoary Vervain | Western Yarrow |
Illinois Bundleflower | White Prairie Clover |
Leadplant | Wild Bergamot |
TOTAL: 28.96 PLS/ft2 |
High Quality Habitat
- A minimum of 50% of the seed mixture will be comprised of wildflowers and forbs.
- Each seeding mixture will contain 40 or more species to provide high diversity and broad benefits.
- Each seeding mixture will contain at least one appropriate milkweed species to benefit monarch butterflies.
- An appropriate number of flowering plants will be provided throughout the entire growing season.
- Seeding mixtures are designed using the appropriate seeds per square foot for each species.
A note about wildflower and pollinator seed mixes
The establishment of a wildflower, prairie, or pollinator seed mix depends on two critical elements: time and management. Many of the wildflower species listed in these mixtures will take several years to show up…be patient. In addition, the natural process of plant succession means that you’ll need to manage the stand to keep it looking diverse and colorful in the future. Otherwise, grasses tend to dominate the community. Every two years, plan to manage your habitat by applying some form of management like prescribed burning, herbicide application, light disking, managed grazing or haying.
The Habitat Organization
Pheasants Forever’s mission is to conserve pheasants, quail, and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public access, education, and conservation advocacy.