Native Grass Specifications
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Cool Season Natives |
Seeding Rates |
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Latin |
Height |
Seeds/lb. |
lbs./acre |
kg/ha |
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Wheatgrass |
crested |
A. cristatum |
to 3 feet |
175,000 |
5 to 15 |
5.5 to 17 |
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(Agropyron sp.) |
western |
A. smithii |
to 3 feet |
110,000 |
5 to 15 |
5.5 to17 |
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intermediate |
A. intermedium |
to 4 feet |
88,000 |
10 to 15 |
11 to 17 |
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streambank |
A. riparium |
to 3 feet |
154,000 |
6 to 10 |
7 to 11 |
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slender |
A. trachycaulum |
to 4 feet |
159,000 |
6 to 8 |
7 to 9 |
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Foxtail |
creeping |
A. arundinaceus |
< 4 feet |
900,000 |
6 to 10 |
7 to 11 |
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(Alopecurus sp.) |
meadow |
A. pratensis |
to 3 feet |
580,000 |
12 to 15 |
13to 17 |
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Brome |
meadow |
B. biebersteinii |
to 2 feet |
40,000 |
10 to 12 |
11 to 13 |
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(Bromus sp.) |
smooth |
B. inermis |
to 4 feet |
125,000 |
5 to 8 |
5.5 to 9 |
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Tufted Hairgrass |
Deschampsia caespitosa |
to 4 feet |
2,500,000 |
1 to 2 |
1to 2 |
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Wildrye |
Canada |
E. canadensis |
to 4 feet |
160,000 |
12 to 15 |
13 to 17 |
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(Elymus sp.) |
blue |
E. glaucus |
to 4 feet |
110,000 |
12 to 15 |
13 to 17 |
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Russian |
E. junceus |
to 3 feet |
160,000 |
12 to 15 |
13 to 17 |
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Fescue |
Arizona |
F. arizonica |
< 3 feet |
300,000 |
5 |
6 |
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(Festuca sp.) |
Idaho |
F. idahoensis |
< 3 feet |
450,000 |
2 to 3 |
2 to 4 |
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meadow |
F. elatior |
< 4 feet |
250,000 |
7 to 18 |
8 to 20 |
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sheeps |
F. ovina var. ovina |
< 18 inches |
680,000 |
10 |
11 |
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Prairie Junegrass |
Koeleria pyramidata |
< 2 feet |
2,300,000 |
1 to 2 |
1to 2 |
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Indian Ricegrass |
Oryzopsis hymenoides |
< 4 feet |
141,000 |
20 to 25 |
22to 28 |
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Reed Canarygrass |
Phalaris arundinacea |
to 6 feet |
533,000 |
5 to 10 |
5.5to 11 |
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Bluegrass |
big |
P. ampla |
to 4 feet |
882,000 |
3 to 5 |
3 to 5.5 |
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(Poa sp.) |
Canby |
P. canbyi |
< 18 inches |
925,000 |
3 to 5 |
3 to 5.5 |
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Canada |
P. compressa |
< 2 feet |
2,500,000 |
1 to 3 |
1 to 3 |
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sandberg |
P. secunda |
< 16 inches |
925,000 |
3 to 5 |
3 to 5.5 |
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Alkaligrass |
Puccinellia distans |
< 16 inches |
2,000,000 |
4 |
4 |
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Warm Season Natives |
Seeding Rates |
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Latin |
Height |
Seeds/lb. |
lbs./acre |
kg/ha |
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Bluestem |
big |
Andropogon geradii |
to 6 feet |
130,000 |
10 to 15 |
11 to 17 |
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sand |
A. halii |
to 6 feet |
125,000 |
4 to 6 |
4 to 7 |
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little |
Schizachyrium scoparium |
to 4 feet |
260,000 |
3 to 4 |
3 to 5 |
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Grama |
blue |
B. eriopoda |
< 2 feet |
825,000 |
1 to 3 |
1 to 3 |
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(Bouteloua sp.) |
sideoats |
B. curtipendula |
< 3 feet |
191,000 |
3 to 6 |
3to 7 |
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Lovegrass |
weeping |
E. curvula |
to 4 feet |
1,500,000 |
2 |
2 |
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(Eragrostis sp.) |
sand |
E. trichodes |
to 5 feet |
1,500,000 |
2 |
2 |
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Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum |
to 5 feet |
389,000 |
5 to 8 |
5.5 to 9 |
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Indiangrass |
Sorghastrum nutans |
to 6 feet |
170,000 |
6 to 8 |
7 to 9 |
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Alkali Sacaton |
Sporobolus airiodes |
< 3 feet |
1,758,000 |
<1 |
<1 |
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Eastern Gamagrass |
Tripsacum dactyloides |
nearly 10 feet |
5,500 |
8 |
9 |
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