Description
GRASSES | 40.77% (10.799 PLS/ft2) |
Big Bluestem, Pawnee | Rough or Tall Dropseed |
Indiangrass, Cheyenne | Sideoats Grama, Butte |
Little Bluestem, Aldous | Slender Wheatgrass |
Prairie Dropseed | |
WILDFLOWERS | 59.23% (15.686 PLS/ft2) |
Baldwin’s Ironweed | Ohio Spiderwort |
Black-eyed Susan | Pale Purple Coneflower |
Blanketflower (Indian Blanket) | Partridgepea |
Butterfly Milkweed | Pitcher Sage |
Canada Milkvetch | Plains Coreopsis |
Canada Tick-trefoil | Purple Coneflower |
Common Milkweed | Purple Prairie Clover |
Compass Plant | Rattlesnake Master |
Cudweed Sagewort | Rough Gayfeather |
Entire-leaved Rosinweed | Roundhead Lespedeza |
False Boneset | Smooth Blue Aster |
False Sunflower | Stiff Goldenrod |
Foxglove Beardstongue | Sweet Joe Pye Weed |
Golden Alexander | Thickspike Gayfeather |
Grayhead Coneflower | Upright Coneflower |
Heath Aster | Virginia Mountain Mint |
Hoary Vervain | Western Yarrow |
Illinois Bundleflower | White Prairie Clover |
Lanceleaf Coreopsis | White Wild Indigo |
Leadplant | Wild Bergamot |
New England Aster | Wild Quinine |
TOTAL: 26.485 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.