Pheasants Forever Nebraska

Central Mixed-Grass Prairie Seed Mix

$260.00 per acre

This prairie seed mix contains short to mid-height grasses so that you can enjoy colorful, season-long blooms of native wildflowers. The 40 wildflowers species in this seed mix are adapted to medium to dry, well-drained upland soil types and will tolerate drier, sandy-loam conditions.

What’s unique about the Central Mixed-Grass Prairie, which occurs in central and south-central Nebraska, is the east-west intermixing of plant communities. Drought and rainfall affect the abundance and distribution of shortgrass and tallgrass vegetation, creating a shifting mosaic of habitat.

*Please note that the species composition and price are subject to change depending on availability. Species substitutions may be needed at time of order. Seed mix updated 02/02/2023.

SKU: CSM-Central-Upland-Mixed-Grass-Prairie-1 Categories: ,

Description

GRASSES 42.62% (12.21 PLS/ft2)
Blue Grama, Bad River Prairie Junegrass
Little Bluestem, Aldous Sideoats Grama, Butte
Prairie Dropseed
WILDFLOWERS 57.38% (16.43 PLS/ft2)
American Vetch Pale Purple Coneflower
Baldwin’s Ironweed Partridgepea
Black-eyed Susan Pitcher Sage
Blacksamson Plains Coreopsis
Blanketflower (Indian Blanket) Purple Prairie Clover
Butterfly Milkweed Rough Gayfeather
Canada Milkvetch Roundhead Lespedeza
Cudweed Sagewort Scarlet Globemallow
Dotted Gayfeather Shell-leaf Penstemon
Dotted Mint Smooth Blue Aster
False Boneset Stiff Goldenrod
False Sunflower Stiff Sunflower
Foxglove Beardstongue Upright Coneflower
Heath Aster Western Wild Rose
Hoary Vervain Western Yarrow
Illinois Bundleflower White Prairie Clover
Lanceleaf Coreopsis White Wild Indigo
Leadplant Whorled Milkweed
Ohio Spiderwort Wild Bergamot
TOTAL: 28.64 PLS/ft2

High Quality Habitat

Pheasants Forever has high standards for wildlife habitat. After all, we are the habitat organization. Whether you’re interested in wildlife or wildflowers, we encourage the use of seed mixtures that follow our High Quality Habitat Standard:
  • 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.

Additional information

Seeding Rate

28.64 PLS/sq. ft.

Soil Moisture

Mesic, Mesic-Dry

Sunlight

Full sun

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