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This is a seed mix specification attachment for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service for seedbed preparation, seeding, and post-seeding clipping services in South Dakota. The document details nine comprehensive native prairie seed mixes designed for different ecological sites and regions across South Dakota, with specifications for grasses, sedges, rushes, forbs, and shrubs appropriate to specific Major Land Resource Areas (MLRAs).
The seed mixes include: TGP Monarch (Tall Grass Prairie) for MLRAs 102A-102C and 56; MGP Monarch (Mixed Grass Prairie) for MLRAs 53B-55C and 54, 63A-63B; Border Mix combining both TGP and MGP; Tall Grass Prairie and Mixed Grass Prairie standard mixes; Mixed Grass Prairie for saline/alkali sites (Cy, Cp, TCp); Tall Grass Prairie Wetter variant; River Bottom Floodprone mix; Saline Lowland mix; and Wet Meadow/Low Prairie mix. Each mix specifies Pure Live Seed (PLS) per acre and per square foot, percentage composition by weight, cost per pound of PLS, seed counts per pound, habitat characteristics (cool/warm season, bunchgrass/sod grass, plant heights), monarch butterfly use ratings, herbicide tolerance capabilities (aminopyralid and imazapic), nesting cover provision, and pollinator bloom periods. Mixes are evaluated against quality metrics including Floristic Quality Index (recommended minimum 20.0), Mix Conservatism Coefficient (recommended minimum 3.0), Simpson's Evenness for species balance (recommended minimum 70%), and minimum seed density of 25-30 PLS seeds per square foot depending on mix type. The document includes estimated forage production ranges by ecological site and detailed reference material for NRCS implementation in South Dakota.
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TGP Monarch(ST)
| Tall Grass Pairie Mix: | MLRA: | 102A, 102B, 102C, 56 | Site: | [Cy/Ly], [CyOv/LyOv], [LSb/SSb], Sb, Sy, SwG | |||||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | Heterogeneity | Monarch Butterfly Use (Very High, High) | Nesting Cover (Cool Season) | Pollinator (Bloom Period) | Herbicide Tolerance | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost/Species | full rate | Indicator Status | ||
| 1 | Canada Wildrye | Elymus canadensis | Grass | Early | 3 | C/B/T | Yes | 115,000 | 1.52 | 4.00 | 10.00% | 40 | FACU | ||||||
| 1 | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/B/M | 286,000 | 0.46 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | FACU | |||||||
| 1 | Sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/M | 180,000 | 1.09 | 4.50 | 15.00% | 30 | UPL | |||||||
| 1 | Slender wheatgrass | Elymus trachycaulus | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 155,000 | 1.05 | 3.75 | 15.00% | 25 | FACU | ||||||
| 1 | Canada milkvetch | Astragalus canadensis | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | June-August | 266,000 | 0.082 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | FAC | |||||
| 1 | Canada tick trefoil | Desmodium canadense | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | Yes | July-August | 88,000 | 0.124 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | FAC | |||||
| 1 | Illinois bundleflower | Desmanthus illinoensis | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | July-August | 60,000 | 0.545 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | FACU | |||||
| 1 | Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | Forb | Late | 9 | C/M | Yes | June-August | 200,000 | 0.065 | 0.30 | 1.00% | 30 | UPL | |||||
| 1 | Shell-leaf penstemon | Penstemon grandiflorus | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | May-June | 273,000 | 0.040 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | UPL | |||||
| 1 | Showy partridgepea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | Yes | July-September | 43,200 | 0.756 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | FACU | |||||
| 1 | Showy goldenrod | Solidago speciosa | Forb | Late | 10 | C/M | Yes | July-September | 1,520,000 | 0.018 | 0.63 | 2.50% | 25 | UPL | |||||
| 1 | Wetern yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Forb | Early | 3 | C/T | Yes | May-October | 2,800,000 | 0.012 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | FACU | |||||
| 1 | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | Yes | June-September | 737,000 | 0.030 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | UPL | |||||
| 1 | Black Samson | Echinacea angustifolia | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/M | High | Yes | June-July | 120,000 | 0.045 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 1,450,000 | 0.075 | 2.50 | 10.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberose | Forb | Late | 9 | C/M | Very High | Yes | June-August | 67,000 | 0.122 | 0.19 | 0.75% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Forb | Early | 0 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-August | 64,000 | 0.170 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | FACU | ||||
| 1 | Compass plant | Silphium laciniatum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | High | Yes | June-September | 10,560 | 0.050 | 0.01 | 0.12% | 10 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Cup plant | Silphium perfoliatum | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 22,400 | 0.097 | 0.05 | 0.50% | 10 | FAC/FACW | ||||
| 1 | False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 60,000 | 0.387 | 0.53 | 2.13% | 25 | FACU | ||||
| 1 | Fragrant giant hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 1,440,000 | 0.023 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Gray goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-September | 4,800,000 | 0.007 | 0.80 | 2.00% | 40 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Hoary vervain | Verbena stricta | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | High | Yes | June-September | 448,000 | 0.049 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 384,000 | 0.057 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | FAC/FACW | ||||
| 1 | Joe-pye weed | Eupatorium maculatum | Forb | Late | 9 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 1,520,000 | 0.009 | 0.31 | 1.25% | 25 | UPL | E. perfoliatum (boneset) FACW/OBL | |||
| 1 | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | August-October | 250,000 | 0.131 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | FACU | ||||
| 1 | Meadow blazing star | Liatris ligulistylis | Forb | Late | 10 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 160,000 | 0.034 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Purple prairie clover | Petalostemem purpurea | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 290,000 | 0.113 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | FACU | ||||
| 1 | Stiff sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 85,000 | 0.032 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | Very High | Yes | June-September | 72,000 | 0.076 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | FACW | WHORLED FACU | |||
| 1 | Thickspike gayfeather | Liatris pycnostachya | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 136,000 | 0.060 | 0.19 | 0.75% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | White prairie clover | Petalostemum candidum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-August | 278,000 | 0.118 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-August | 1,200,000 | 0.020 | 0.56 | 2.25% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 33 | Totals | 7.46 | 29.8 | 107.00% | $0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| 38.50% | Forb % |
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix | Heterogeneity | Pollinator Bloom Period | |||
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 7 | 24.4% | C = Cool Season | W = Warm Season | At least 2 different forb species flowering each month between April and October. | April and October may not be possible due to climate and/or ecological site. | |
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 16 | 64.5% | B = Bunchgrass | S = Sod Grass | April | 0 | |
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 10 | 11.1% | T = Tall (>36") | M = Medium (18"-36") | May | 3 | |
| 33 | 100% | June | 11 | ||||
| July | 27 | ||||||
| Mix Conservatism | Monarch Stuff | Monarch Butterfly Use | August | 27 | |||
| 6 | 3 | >1 milkweed species | Very High Percent in Mix | September | 19 | ||
| 2.3% | Milkweed >1.5% of total seeds in mix | 8.4% | October | 4 | |||
| Floristic Qualtiy Index | 67.5% | >60% forb PLS from Monarch list | have mid-sized bunch grasses | ||||
| 33 | |||||||
| Nesting Cover | Herbicide Tolerance | ||||||
| Evenness Calculation | Cool Season Percent (at least 60%) | Aminopyralid Tolerance (e.g., Milestone®) | |||||
| Sum of Squares | 0.09 | 93.94% | Imazapic Tolerance (e.g., Plateau®) | ||||
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.35 | Imazapic and Aminopyralid Tolerance | |||||
| **Please read and follow all pesticide label instructions.** | |||||||
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 | Estimated Forage Production (lbs) | The NRCS does not endorse the use of any specific product and makes no claims or implies no warranty regarding herbicide selection, application, and/or results. | ||||
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 | *Average Representative Value | |||||
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% | [Cy/Ly] | 3433/3567 | ||||
| Conservatism Guilds: | [CyOv/LyOv] | 4333/4200 | |||||
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | [LSb/SSb] | 4525/4533 | ||||
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% | Sb | 5200 | ||||
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | Sy | 3433 | ||||
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 25 seeds/ft2 | SwG | 2600 |
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MGP Monarch(ST)
| Mixed Grass Pairie Mix: | MLRA: | 53B, 53C, 55B, 55C, 54, 63A, 63B | Site: | [Cy/Ly], [Cov/Lov], [LSb/SSb/Sb], Sy, SwG | |||||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | Heterogeneity | Monarch Butterfly Use (Very High, High) | Nesting Cover (Cool Season) | Pollinator (Bloom Period) | Herbicide Tolerance | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost / Species | full rate | Indicator Status | ||
| 1 | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/B/M | 286,000 | 0.46 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | FACU | |||||||
| 1 | Sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/M | 180,000 | 0.73 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | UPL | |||||||
| 1 | Slender wheatgrass | Elymus trachycaulus | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 155,000 | 1.05 | 3.75 | 15.00% | 25 | FACU | ||||||
| 1 | Western wheatgrass | Pascopyrum smithii | Grass | Mid | 4 | C/S/M | Yes | 112,000 | 0.49 | 1.25 | 5.00% | 25 | FACU | ||||||
| 1 | Canada Wildrye | Elymus canadensis | Grass | Early | 3 | C/B/T | Yes | 115,000 | 1.52 | 4.00 | 10.00% | 40 | FACU | ||||||
| 1 | Canada milkvetch | Astragalus canadensis | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | June-August | 266,000 | 0.041 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | FAC | |||||
| 1 | Canada tick trefoil | Desmodium canadense | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | Yes | July-August | 88,000 | 0.124 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | FAC | |||||
| 1 | Illinois bundleflower | Desmanthus illinoensis | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | July-August | 60,000 | 0.182 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | FACU | |||||
| 1 | Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | Forb | Late | 9 | C/M | Yes | June-August | 200,000 | 0.180 | 0.83 | 2.75% | 30 | UPL | |||||
| 1 | Shell-leaf penstemon | Penstemon grandiflorus | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | May-June | 273,000 | 0.040 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | UPL | p. DIGITALIS (Foxglove beardtongue) FACW | ||||
| 1 | Showy partridgepea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | Yes | July-September | 43,200 | 0.756 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | FACU | |||||
| 1 | Showy goldenrod | Solidago speciosa | Forb | Late | 10 | C/M | Yes | July-September | 1,520,000 | 0.029 | 1.00 | 4.00% | 25 | UPL | |||||
| 1 | Wetern yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Forb | Early | 3 | C/T | Yes | May-October | 2,800,000 | 0.014 | 0.88 | 3.50% | 25 | FACU | |||||
| 1 | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | Yes | June-September | 737,000 | 0.037 | 0.63 | 2.50% | 25 | UPL | |||||
| 1 | Black Samson | Echinacea angustifolia | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/M | High | Yes | June-July | 120,000 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 1,450,000 | 0.04 | 1.33 | 5.30% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Forb | Early | 0 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-August | 64,000 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 1.50% | 25 | FACU | SHOWY FAC | |||
| 1 | Compass plant | Silphium laciniatum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | High | Yes | June-September | 10,560 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.20% | 10 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Thickspike gayfeather | Liatris pycnostachya | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 136,000 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 60,000 | 0.18 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | FACU | ||||
| 1 | Fragrant giant hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 1,440,000 | 0.02 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Gray goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-September | 4,800,000 | 0.01 | 0.80 | 2.00% | 40 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Heath aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | High | Yes | August-October | 3,200,000 | 0.01 | 0.80 | 2.00% | 40 | FACU | ||||
| 1 | Hoary vervain | Verbena stricta | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | High | Yes | June-September | 448,000 | 0.07 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 384,000 | 0.10 | 0.88 | 3.50% | 25 | FAC/FACW | ||||
| 1 | Joe-pye weed | Eupatorium maculatum | Forb | Late | 9 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 1,520,000 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 1.25% | 25 | UPL | E. perfoliatum (boneset) FACW/OBL | |||
| 1 | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | August-October | 250,000 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | FACU | ||||
| 1 | Purple prairie clover | Petalostemem purpurea | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 290,000 | 0.11 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Stiff goldenrod | Oligoneruron (Solidago) rigida | Forb | Mid | 4 | C/M | Very High | Yes | August-October | 771,800 | 0.03 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | FACU | ||||
| 1 | Stiff sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 85,000 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | Very High | Yes | June-September | 72,000 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | FACW | WHORLED FACU | |||
| 1 | White prairie clover | Petalostemum candidum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-August | 278,000 | 0.12 | 0.75 | 3.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-August | 1,200,000 | 0.02 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | UPL | ||||
| 33 | Totals | 7.01 | 29.7 | 106.00% | $0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| 36.25% | Forb % |
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix | Heterogeneity | Pollinator Bloom Period | |||
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 8 | 30.5% | C = Cool Season | W = Warm Season | At least 2 different forb species flowering each month between April and October. | April and October may not be possible due to climate and/or ecological site. | |
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 17 | 56.0% | B = Bunchgrass | S = Sod Grass | April | 0 | |
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 8 | 13.6% | T = Tall (>36") | M = Medium (18"-36") | May | 3 | |
| 33 | 100% | June | 8 | ||||
| July | 24 | ||||||
| Mix Conservatism | Monarch Stuff | Monarch Butterfly Use | August | 26 | |||
| 5 | 3 | >1 milkweed species | Very High Percent in Mix | September | 19 | ||
| 2.0% | Milkweed >1.5% of total seeds in mix | 10.25% | October | 6 | |||
| Floristic Qualtiy Index | 64.7% | >60% forb PLS from Monarch list | have mid-sized bunch grasses | ||||
| 31 | |||||||
| Nesting Cover | Herbicide Tolerance | ||||||
| Evenness Calculation | Cool Season Percent (at least 60%) | Aminopyralid Tolerance (e.g., Milestone®) | |||||
| Sum of Squares | 0.07 | 93.94% | Imazapic Tolerance (e.g., Plateau®) | ||||
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.43 | Imazapic and Aminopyralid Tolerance | |||||
| **Please read and follow all pesticide label instructions.** | |||||||
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 | Estimated Forage Production (lbs) | The NRCS does not endorse the use of any specific product and makes no claims or implies no warranty regarding herbicide selection, application, and/or results. | ||||
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 | *Average Representative Value | |||||
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% | [CY/LY] | 2625/2800 | ||||
| Conservatism Guilds: | [Cov/Lov] | 3250/3675 | |||||
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | [LSb/SSb/Sb] | 3900/4400/4975 | ||||
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% | Sy | 2775 | ||||
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | SwG | 1850 | ||||
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 25 seeds/ft2 |
Border Mix (TGP & MGP)
| Mixed Grass Pairie Mix: | MLRA: | 53B, 53C, 55B, 55C, 54, 63A, 63B | Site: | [Cy/Ly], [Cov/Lov], [LSb/SSb/Sb], Sy, SwG | ||||||||||||||
| Tall Grass Pairie Mix: | MLRA: | 102A, 102B, 102C, 56 | Site: | [Cy/Ly], [CyOv/LyOv], [LSb/SSb], Sb, Sy, SwG | ||||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | Heterogeneity | Monarch Butterfly Use (Very High, High) | Nesting Cover (Cool Season) | Pollinator (Bloom Period) | Herbicide Tolerance | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost / Species | full rate | ||
| 1 | Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | Grass | Mid | 7 | W/S/T | n/a | n/a | n/a | 176,000 | 2.23 | 9.00 | 30.00% | 30 | ||||
| 1 | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/T | n/a | n/a | n/a | 750,000 | 0.23 | 4.00 | 10.00% | 40 | will die out in Ov and Sb sites | |||
| 1 | Indiangrass | Sorghastrum nutans | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/S/T | n/a | n/a | n/a | 183,000 | 1.79 | 7.50 | 25.00% | 30 | ||||
| 1 | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/B/M | n/a | n/a | n/a | 286,000 | 1.14 | 7.50 | 25.00% | 30 | ||||
| 1 | Prairie sandreed | Calamovilfa longifolia | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/S/T | n/a | n/a | n/a | 275,000 | 0.48 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | will die out in Ov and Sb sites | |||
| 1 | Sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/M | n/a | n/a | n/a | 180,000 | 1.09 | 4.50 | 15.00% | 30 | ||||
| 1 | Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/S/T | n/a | n/a | n/a | 390,000 | 0.22 | 2.00 | 5.00% | 40 | ||||
| 1 | Alkali sacaton | Sporobolus airoides | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/M | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,758,000 | 0.05 | 2.00 | 5.00% | 40 | will die out in all sites except SSb | |||
| 8 | Totals | 7.22 | 40 | 125.00% | $0.00 | |||||||||||||
| ERROR:#REF! | Forb % |
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix | Heterogeneity | Pollinator Bloom Period | ||
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 0 | 0.0% | C = Cool Season | W = Warm Season | At least 2 different forb species flowering each month between April and October. April and October may not be possible due to climate and/or ecological site. | |
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 8 | 100.0% | B = Bunchgrass | S = Sod Grass | April | 0 |
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 0 | 0.0% | T = Tall (>36") | M = Medium (18"-36") | May | 4 |
| 8 | 100% | June | 5 | |||
| July | 19 | |||||
| Mix Conservatism | Monarch Butterfly Use | August | 22 | |||
| 6 | Very High Percent in Mix | September | 13 | |||
| 0.00% | October | 5 | ||||
| Floristic Qualtiy Index | ||||||
| 16 | ||||||
| Nesting Cover | Herbicide Tolerance | |||||
| Evenness Calculation | Cool Season Percent (at least 60%) | Aminopyralid Tolerance (e.g., Milestone®) | ||||
| Sum of Squares | 0.26 | 0.00% | Imazapic Tolerance (e.g., Plateau®) | |||
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.48 | Imazapic and Aminopyralid Tolerance | ||||
| **Please read and follow all pesticide label instructions.** | ||||||
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 | Estimated Forage Production (lbs) | The NRCS does not endorse the use of any specific product and makes no claims or implies no warranty regarding herbicide selection, application, and/or results. | |||
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 | *Average Representative Value | ||||
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% | [CY/LY] | 2625/2800 | |||
| Conservatism Guilds: | [Cov/Lov] | 3250/3675 | ||||
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | [LSb/SSb/Sb] | 3900/4400/4975 | |||
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% | Sy | 2775 | |||
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | SwG | 1850 | |||
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 25 seeds/ft2 |
Tall Grass Prairie
| Tall Grass Pairie Mix: | MLRA: | 102A, 102B, 102C, 56 | Site: | [Cy/Ly], [CyOv/LyOv], [LSb/SSb], Sb, Sy, SwG | |||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | Heterogeneity | Monarch Butterfly Use (Very High, High) | Nesting Cover (Cool Season) | Pollinator (Bloom Period) | Herbicide Tolerance | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost/Species | full rate | |
| 1 | Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | Grass | Mid | 7 | W/S/T | 176,000 | 0.74 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Canada Wildrye | Elymus canadensis | Grass | Early | 3 | C/B/T | Yes | 115,000 | 3.03 | 8.00 | 20.00% | 40 | |||||
| 1 | Green needlegrass | Nassella virdula | Grass | Mid | 5 | C/B/T | Yes | 180,000 | 1.09 | 4.50 | 15.00% | 30 | |||||
| 1 | Indiangrass | Sorghastrum nutans | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/S/T | 183,000 | 0.50 | 2.10 | 7.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/B/M | 286,000 | 0.32 | 2.10 | 7.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Needleandthread | Hesperostipa comata | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 115,000 | 0.47 | 1.25 | 5.00% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | Prairie dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | Grass | Late | 10 | W/B/T | 224,000 | 0.53 | 2.75 | 11.00% | 25 | ||||||
| 1 | Sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/M | 180,000 | 0.36 | 1.50 | 5.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Slender wheatgrass | Elumus trachycaulus | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 155,000 | 0.70 | 2.50 | 10.00% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/S/T | 390,000 | 0.22 | 2.00 | 5.00% | 40 | ||||||
| 1 | Western wheatgrass | Pascopyrum smithii | Grass | Mid | 4 | C/S/M | Yes | 112,000 | 0.49 | 1.25 | 5.00% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | Black Samson | Echinacea angustifolia | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/M | High | Yes | June-July | 120,000 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 1,450,000 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberose | Forb | Late | 9 | C/M | Very High | Yes | June-August | 67,000 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Canada tick trefoil | Desmodium canadense | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | Yes | July-August | 88,000 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Forb | Early | 0 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-August | 64,000 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 1.25% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Compass plant | Silphium laciniatum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | High | Yes | June-September | 10,560 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.25% | 10 | |||
| 1 | Cup plant | Silphium perfoliatum | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 22,400 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.30% | 10 | |||
| 1 | False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 60,000 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.30% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Fragrant giant hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 1,440,000 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.30% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Gray goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-September | 4,800,000 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 1.00% | 40 | |||
| 1 | Hoary vervain | Verbena stricta | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | High | Yes | June-September | 448,000 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 384,000 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Joe-pye weed | Eupatorium maculatum | Forb | Late | 9 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 1,520,000 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | August-October | 250,000 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Meadow blazing star | Liatris ligulistylis | Forb | Late | 10 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 160,000 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Prairie milkweed | Asclepias sullivanti | Forb | Late | 10 | C/M | High | Yes | June-August | 720,000 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Purple prairie clover | Petalostemem purpurea | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 290,000 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Shell-leaf penstemon | Penstemon grandiflorus | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | May-June | 273,000 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Showy milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | Forb | Mid | 4 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-September | 70,000 | 0.27 | 0.44 | 1.75% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Stiff sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 85,000 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | Very High | Yes | June-September | 72,000 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Thickspike gayfeather | Liatris pycnostachya | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 136,000 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | White prairie clover | Petalostemum candidum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-August | 278,000 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Whorled milkweed | Asclepias verticilata | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-September | 176,000 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.60% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-August | 1,200,000 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 36 | Totals | 9.90 | 35 | 117.00% | $0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 17.00% | Forb % |
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix | Heterogeneity | Pollinator Bloom Period | |||
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 5 | 24.3% | C = Cool Season | W = Warm Season | At least 2 different forb species flowering each month between April and October. April and October may not be possible due to climate and/or ecological site. | ||
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 21 | 63.0% | B = Bunchgrass | S = Sod Grass | April | 0 | |
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 10 | 12.7% | T = Tall (>36") | M = Medium (18"-36") | May | 4 | |
| 36 | 100% | June | 7 | ||||
| July | 20 | ||||||
| Mix Conservatism | Monarch Butterfly Use | August | 23 | ||||
| 6 | Very High Percent in Mix | September | 13 | ||||
| 11.10% | October | 5 | |||||
| Floristic Qualtiy Index | |||||||
| 36 | |||||||
| Winter Cover | Nesting Cover | Herbicide Tolerance | |||||
| Evenness Calculation | 8 species | Cool Season Percent (at least 60%) | Aminopyralid Tolerance (e.g., Milestone®) | ||||
| Sum of Squares | 0.12 | 69.25% | 72.00% | Imazapic Tolerance (e.g., Plateau®) | |||
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.24 | WSN | 45% | Imazapic and Aminopyralid Tolerance | |||
| **Please read and follow all pesticide label instructions.** | |||||||
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 | Estimated Forage Production (lbs) | The NRCS does not endorse the use of any specific product and makes no claims or implies no warranty regarding herbicide selection, application, and/or results. | ||||
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 | *Average Representative Value | |||||
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% | [Cy/Ly] | 3433/3567 | ||||
| Conservatism Guilds: | [CyOv/LyOv] | 4333/4200 | |||||
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | [LSb/SSb] | 4525/4533 | ||||
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% | Sb | 5200 | ||||
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | Sy | 3433 | ||||
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 25 seeds/ft2 | SwG | 2600 |
Mixed Grass Prairie
| Mixed Grass Pairie Mix: | MLRA: | 53B, 53C, 55B, 55C, 54, 63A, 63B | Site: | [Cy/Ly], [Cov/Lov], [LSb/SSb/Sb], Sy, SwG | |||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | Heterogeneity | Monarch Butterfly Use (Very High, High) | Nesting Cover (Cool Season) | Pollinator (Bloom Period) | Herbicide Tolerance | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost / Species | full rate | |
| 1 | Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | Grass | Mid | 7 | W/S/T | 176,000 | 0.37 | 1.50 | 5.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/T | 750,000 | 0.16 | 2.80 | 7.00% | 40 | ||||||
| 1 | Canada Wildrye | Elymus canadensis | Grass | Early | 3 | C/B/T | Yes | 115,000 | 1.52 | 4.00 | 10.00% | 40 | |||||
| 1 | Green needlegrass | Nassella virdula | Grass | Mid | 5 | C/B/T | Yes | 180,000 | 0.73 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | |||||
| 1 | Indiangrass | Sorghastrum nutans | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/S/T | 183,000 | 0.36 | 1.50 | 5.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/B/M | 286,000 | 0.46 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Needleandthread | Hesperostipa comata | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 115,000 | 0.66 | 1.75 | 7.00% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | Prairie sandreed | Calamovilfa longifolia | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/S/T | 275,000 | 0.24 | 1.50 | 5.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/M | 180,000 | 0.73 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Slender wheatgrass | Elumus trachycaulus | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 155,000 | 0.70 | 2.50 | 10.00% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/S/T | 390,000 | 0.22 | 2.00 | 5.00% | 40 | ||||||
| 1 | Western wheatgrass | Pascopyrum smithii | Grass | Mid | 4 | C/S/M | Yes | 112,000 | 0.97 | 2.50 | 10.00% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | American licorice | Glycyrrhiza lepidota | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | Yes | June-August | 58,000 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Black Samson | Echinacea angustifolia | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/M | High | Yes | June-July | 120,000 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 1,450,000 | 0.01 | 0.38 | 1.50% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Canada tick trefoil | Desmodium canadense | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | Yes | July-August | 88,000 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.30% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Forb | Early | 0 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-August | 64,000 | 0.34 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Compass plant | Silphium laciniatum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | High | Yes | June-September | 10,560 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.25% | 10 | |||
| 1 | Thickspike gayfeather | Liatris pycnostachya | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 136,000 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 60,000 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 1.30% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Fragrant giant hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 1,440,000 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Gray goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-September | 4,800,000 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 1.00% | 40 | |||
| 1 | Heath aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | High | Yes | August-October | 3,200,000 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.50% | 40 | |||
| 1 | Hoary vervain | Verbena stricta | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | High | Yes | June-September | 448,000 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.30% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 384,000 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.30% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Joe-pye weed | Eupatorium maculatum | Forb | Late | 9 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 1,520,000 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | August-October | 250,000 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.30% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Purple prairie clover | Petalostemem purpurea | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 290,000 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Shell-leaf penstemon | Penstemon grandiflorus | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | May-June | 273,000 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.30% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Showy milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | Forb | Mid | 4 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-September | 70,000 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 1.50% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Stiff goldenrod | Oligoneruron (Solidago) rigida | Forb | Mid | 4 | C/M | Very High | Yes | August-October | 7,718,000 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Stiff sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 85,000 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | Very High | Yes | June-September | 72,000 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | |||
| 1 | White prairie clover | Petalostemum candidum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-August | 278,000 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-August | 1,200,000 | 0.02 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | |||
| 35 | Totals | 8.55 | 34 | 114.30% | $0.00 | 25 | |||||||||||
| 20.30% | Forb % |
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix | Heterogeneity | Pollinator Bloom Period | |||
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 6 | 14.3% | C = Cool Season | W = Warm Season | At least 2 different forb species flowering each month between April and October. April and October may not be possible due to climate and/or ecological site. | ||
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 23 | 82.3% | B = Bunchgrass | S = Sod Grass | April | 0 | |
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 6 | 3.4% | T = Tall (>36") | M = Medium (18"-36") | May | 4 | |
| 35 | 100% | June | 5 | ||||
| July | 19 | ||||||
| Mix Conservatism | Monarch Butterfly Use | August | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Very High Percent in Mix | September | 13 | ||||
| 11.00% | October | 5 | |||||
| Floristic Qualtiy Index | |||||||
| 31 | |||||||
| Winter Cover | Nesting Cover | Herbicide Tolerance | |||||
| Evenness Calculation | 9 species | Cool Season Percent (at least 60%) | Aminopyralid Tolerance (e.g., Milestone®) | ||||
| Sum of Squares | 0.08 | 60.30% | 67.30% | Imazapic Tolerance (e.g., Plateau®) | |||
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.35 | WSN | 47% | Imazapic and Aminopyralid Tolerance | |||
| **Please read and follow all pesticide label instructions.** | |||||||
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 | Estimated Forage Production (lbs) | The NRCS does not endorse the use of any specific product and makes no claims or implies no warranty regarding herbicide selection, application, and/or results. | ||||
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 | *Average Representative Value | |||||
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% | [CY/LY] | 2625/2800 | ||||
| Conservatism Guilds: | [Cov/Lov] | 3250/3675 | |||||
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | [LSb/SSb/Sb] | 3900/4400/4975 | ||||
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% | Sy | 2775 | ||||
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | SwG | 1850 | ||||
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 25 seeds/ft2 |
Mixed Grass Prairie (CpTCpCy)
| Mixed Grass Pairie Mix: | MLRA: | 53B, 53C, 55B, 55C, 54, 63A, 63B | Site: | Cy, Cp, TCp | ||||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | Heterogeneity | Monarch Butterfly Use (Very High, High) | Nesting Cover (Cool Season) | Pollinator (Bloom Period) | Herbicide Tolerance | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost / Species | full rate | ||
| 1 | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/T | 750,000 | 0.46 | 8.00 | 20.00% | 40 | |||||||
| 1 | Green needlegrass | Nassella virdula | Grass | Mid | 5 | C/B/T | Yes | 180,000 | 1.45 | 6.00 | 20.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Alkali sacaton | Sporobolus airoides | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/M | 1,758,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 40 | |||||||
| 1 | Sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/M | 180,000 | 1.45 | 6.00 | 20.00% | 30 | |||||||
| 1 | Slender wheatgrass | Elumus trachycaulus | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 155,000 | 0.98 | 3.50 | 14.00% | 25 | ||||||
| 1 | Fults alkaligrass | Puccinellia distans | Grass | Mid | 4 | C/B/S | 2,108,000 | 0.04 | 2.00 | 5.00% | 40 | |||||||
| 1 | Western wheatgrass | Pascopyrum smithii | Grass | Mid | 4 | C/S/M | Yes | 112,000 | 2.43 | 6.25 | 25.00% | 25 | ||||||
| 1 | Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Forb | Early | 0 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-August | 64,000 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 1.50% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Thickspike gayfeather | Liatris pycnostachya | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 136,000 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Fringed sagewort | Artemisia frigida | Shrub | Mid | 4 | E/P/M | August-September | 4,536,000 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.50% | 21 | ||||||
| 1 | Groundplum milkvetch | Astragalus crassicarpus | Forb | Mid | 7 | Pr/P | May-June | 1,440,000 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | ||||||
| 1 | Heath aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | High | Yes | August-October | 3,200,000 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.50% | 40 | ||||
| 1 | Hoary vervain | Verbena stricta | Forb | Early | 2 | C/M | High | Yes | June-September | 448,000 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Breadroot scurfpea | Psoralea esculenta | Forb | Late | 9 | Pr/P | May-June | 17,600 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.05% | 25 | ||||||
| 1 | Purple prairie clover | Petalostemem purpurea | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 290,000 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Rough blazing star | Liatris aspera | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | Very High | Yes | August-October | 256,000 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.75% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Showy milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | Forb | Mid | 4 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-September | 70,000 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 1.50% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Western yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Forb | Early | 3 | C/T | Yes | May-October | 2,800,000 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | White prairie clover | Petalostemum candidum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-August | 278,000 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Whorled milkweed | Asclepias verticillata | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-September | 176,000 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.70% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-August | 1,200,000 | 0.02 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | ||||
| 21 | Totals | 7.58 | 35 | 115.00% | $0.00 | 11.00% | ||||||||||||
| 11.00% | Forb % |
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix | Heterogeneity | Pollinator Bloom Period | |||
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 5 | 2.9% | C = Cool Season | W = Warm Season | At least 2 different forb species flowering each month between April and October. April and October may not be possible due to climate and/or ecological site. | ||
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 11 | 95.1% | B = Bunchgrass | S = Sod Grass | April | 0 | |
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 5 | 2.0% | T = Tall (>36") | M = Medium (18"-36") | May | 6 | |
| 21 | 100% | June | 7 | ||||
| July | 8 | ||||||
| Mix Conservatism | Monarch Butterfly Use | August | 11 | ||||
| 5 | Very High Percent in Mix | September | 9 | ||||
| 7.45% | October | 3 | |||||
| Floristic Qualtiy Index | |||||||
| 23 | |||||||
| Winter Cover | Nesting Cover | Herbicide Tolerance | |||||
| Evenness Calculation | 2 species | Cool Season Percent (at least 60%) | Aminopyralid Tolerance (e.g., Milestone®) | ||||
| Sum of Squares | 0.21 | 45.00% | 68.95% | Imazapic Tolerance (e.g., Plateau®) | |||
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.23 | Imazapic and Aminopyralid Tolerance | |||||
| **Please read and follow all pesticide label instructions.** | |||||||
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 | Estimated Forage Production (lbs) | The NRCS does not endorse the use of any specific product and makes no claims or implies no warranty regarding herbicide selection, application, and/or results. | ||||
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 | *Average Representative Value | |||||
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% | Cp | 2000 | ||||
| Conservatism Guilds: | TCP | 1300 | |||||
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | CY | 2600 | ||||
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% | ||||||
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | ||||||
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 25 seeds/ft2 |
Tall Grass Prairie Wetter
| Tall Grass Pairie Mix: | MLRA: | 102A, 102B, 102C, 56 | Site: | [Cy/Ly], [CyOv/LyOv], [LSb/SSb], Sb, Sy, SwG | |||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | Heterogeneity | Monarch Butterfly Use (Very High, High) | Nesting Cover (Cool Season) | Pollinator (Bloom Period) | Herbicide Tolerance | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost/Species | full rate | |
| 1 | Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | Grass | Mid | 7 | W/S/T | 176,000 | 0.89 | 3.60 | 12.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Canada Wildrye | Elymus canadensis | Grass | Early | 3 | C/B/T | Yes | 115,000 | 1.52 | 4.00 | 10.00% | 40 | |||||
| 1 | Green needlegrass | Nassella virdula | Grass | Mid | 5 | C/B/T | Yes | 180,000 | 0.51 | 2.10 | 7.00% | 30 | |||||
| 1 | Indiangrass | Sorghastrum nutans | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/S/T | 183,000 | 0.50 | 2.10 | 7.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass | Mid | 6 | W/B/M | 286,000 | 0.32 | 2.10 | 7.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Prairie cordgrass | Spartina pectinata | Grass | Mid | 5 | C/B/T | Yes | 183,000 | 0.4999 | 2.10 | 7.00% | 30 | |||||
| 1 | Plains oval / shortbeak sedge | Carex brevior | Sedge | Mid | 4 | C/M | 464,000 | 0.2347 | 2.50 | 5.00% | 50 | ||||||
| 1 | Fox sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | Sedge | Early | 2 | C/M | 1,600,000 | 0.0681 | 2.50 | 5.00% | 50 | ||||||
| 1 | Dudley Rush | Juncus dudleyi | Rush | Mid | 4 | C/M | 2,400,000 | 0.0454 | 2.50 | 5.00% | 50 | ||||||
| 1 | Sideoats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/B/M | 180,000 | 0.36 | 1.50 | 5.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Slender wheatgrass | Elumus trachycaulus | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 155,000 | 0.70 | 2.50 | 10.00% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/S/T | 390,000 | 0.31 | 2.80 | 7.00% | 40 | ||||||
| 1 | Western wheatgrass | Pascopyrum smithii | Grass | Mid | 4 | C/S/M | Yes | 112,000 | 0.49 | 1.25 | 5.00% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | Yes | May-July | 176,000 | 0.2475 | 1.00 | 2.00% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale | Forb | Mid | 4 | C/M | Yes | August-October | 2,080,000 | 0.021 | 1.00 | 2.00% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | July-September | 1,488,000 | 0.0293 | 1.00 | 2.00% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | High | Yes | September-October | 1,056,000 | 0.041 | 1.00 | 2.00% | 50 | |||
| 1 | Sawtooth Sunflower | Helianthus grosseserratus | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/T | High | Yes | August-October | 160,000 | 0.136 | 0.50 | 1.00% | 50 | |||
| 1 | Purple meadow Rue | Thalictrum dasycarpum | Forb | Mid | 7 | Yes | June-July | 176,000 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 1.00% | 30 | |||||
| 1 | Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | High | Yes | July-September | 1,450,000 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Canada tick trefoil | Desmodium canadense | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | Yes | July-August | 88,000 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | ||||
| 1 | Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Forb | Early | 0 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-August | 64,000 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 1.25% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Compass plant | Silphium laciniatum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | High | Yes | June-September | 10,560 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.50% | 10 | |||
| 1 | Cup plant | Silphium perfoliatum | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 22,400 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 1.00% | 10 | |||
| 1 | False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 60,000 | 0.18 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Fragrant giant hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 1,440,000 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Gray goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-September | 4,800,000 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 1.00% | 40 | |||
| 1 | Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 384,000 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Joe-pye weed | Eupatorium maculatum | Forb | Late | 9 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 1,520,000 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | August-October | 250,000 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Meadow blazing star | Liatris ligulistylis | Forb | Late | 10 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 160,000 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.25% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Showy milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | Forb | Mid | 4 | C/M | Very High | Yes | May-September | 70,000 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.50% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | Very High | Yes | June-September | 72,000 | 0.38 | 0.63 | 2.50% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Thickspike gayfeather | Liatris pycnostachya | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 136,000 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | White prairie clover | Petalostemum candidum | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | High | Yes | July-August | 278,000 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||
| 1 | Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-August | 1,200,000 | 0.02 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | |||
| 36 | Totals | 8.62 | 41 | 120.00% | $0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 18.00% | Forb % | ||||||||||||||||
| Needs to stay less than $545 | |||||||||||||||||
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix | Heterogeneity | Pollinator Bloom Period | |||||||||||||
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 4 | 17.3% | C = Cool Season | W = Warm Season | At least 2 different forb species flowering each month between April and October. April and October may not be possible due to climate and/or ecological site. | ||||||||||||
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 25 | 75.7% | B = Bunchgrass | S = Sod Grass | April | 0 | |||||||||||
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 7 | 7.0% | T = Tall (>36") | M = Medium (18"-36") | May | 3 | |||||||||||
| 36 | 100% | June | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| July | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mix Conservatism | Monarch Butterfly Use | August | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Very High Percent in Mix | September | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 9.50% | October | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Floristic Qualtiy Index | |||||||||||||||||
| 34 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nesting Cover | Herbicide Tolerance | ||||||||||||||||
| Evenness Calculation | Cool Season Percent (at least 60%) | Aminopyralid Tolerance (e.g., Milestone®) | |||||||||||||||
| Sum of Squares | 0.08 | 60.00% | Imazapic Tolerance (e.g., Plateau®) | ||||||||||||||
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.37 | Imazapic and Aminopyralid Tolerance | |||||||||||||||
| **Please read and follow all pesticide label instructions.** | |||||||||||||||||
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 | Estimated Forage Production (lbs) | The NRCS does not endorse the use of any specific product and makes no claims or implies no warranty regarding herbicide selection, application, and/or results. | ||||||||||||||
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 | *Average Representative Value | |||||||||||||||
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% | [Cy/Ly] | 3433/3567 | ||||||||||||||
| Conservatism Guilds: | [CyOv/LyOv] | 4333/4200 | |||||||||||||||
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | [LSb/SSb] | 4525/4533 | ||||||||||||||
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% | Sb | 5200 | ||||||||||||||
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | Sy | 3433 | ||||||||||||||
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 25 seeds/ft2 | SwG | 2600 |
River Bottom Floodprone
| River Bottom Mix: | MLRA: | 53B, 53C, 55B, 55C, 54, 63A, 63B, 102A, 102B, 102C, 56 | Site: | Any floodplain connected to a stream or river in Eastern SD. | |||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | Heterogeneity | Monarch Butterfly Use (Very High, High) | Nesting Cover (Cool Season) | Pollinator (Bloom Period) | Herbicide Tolerance | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost/Species | Seeds/SqFt full rate | |
| 1 | American mannagrass | Glyceria grandis (G maxima) | Grass | Mid | 4 | C/B/M | Yes | 1,200,000 | 1,280,000 | 0.1021 | 3.00 | 6.00% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | American sloughgrass | Beckmannia syzigachne | Grass | Early | 1 | C/S/M | Yes | 1,150,000 | 0.0758 | 2.00 | 5.00% | 40 | |||||
| 1 | Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | Grass | Mid | 7 | W/S/T | 176,000 | 165,000 | 1.1616 | 4.40 | 11.00% | 40 | |||||
| 1 | Bluejoint reedgrass | Calamagrostis canadensis | Grass | Mid | 5 | C/B/M | Yes | 4,480,000 | 0.0194 | 2.00 | 5.00% | 40 | |||||
| 1 | Fowl bluegrass | Poa palustris | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 1,280,000 | 3,156,000 | 0.0773 | 5.60 | 14.00% | 40 | ||||
| 1 | Fowl mannagrass | Glyceria striata | Grass | Mid | 6 | C/B/M | Yes | 1,440,000 | 2,560,000 | 0.0510 | 3.00 | 6.00% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Prairie cordgrass | Spartina pectinata | Grass | Mid | 5 | C/B/T | Yes | 183,000 | 105,600 | 1.0313 | 2.50 | 5.00% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Sand bluestem | Andropogon hallii | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/S/T | 113,000 | 0.2313 | 0.60 | 2.00% | 30 | ||||||
| 1 | Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass | Mid | 5 | W/S/T | 390,000 | 0.6255 | 5.60 | 14.00% | 40 | ||||||
| 1 | Virginia Wildrye | Elymus virginicus | Grass | Early | 3 | C/B/T | Yes | 96,000 | 73,000 | 2.3868 | 4.00 | 10.00% | 40 | ||||
| 1 | Fox sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | Sedge | Early | 2 | C/M | 1,600,000 | 0.0476 | 1.75 | 3.50% | 50 | ||||||
| 1 | Hardstem/Dark green bulrush | Scirpus atrovirens | Rush | Mid | 5 | C/T | 320,000 | 7,360,000 | 0.0036 | 0.60 | 1.50% | 40 | |||||
| 1 | River bulrush | Bolboschoenus fluviatilis | Rush | Early | 2 | C/T | 68,800 | 108,000 | 0.1008 | 0.25 | 1.00% | 25 | |||||
| 1 | Plains oval / shortbeak sedge | Carex brevior | Sedge | Mid | 4 | C/M | 464,000 | 0.0939 | 1.00 | 2.00% | 50 | ||||||
| 1 | Woolgrass | Scirpus cyperinus | Sedge | Late | 10 | C/M | 27,200,000 | 0.0020 | 1.25 | 2.50% | 50 | ||||||
| 1 | Allegheny Monkeyflower | Mimulus ringens | Forb | Early | 0 | C/M | Yes | June-September | 36,800,000 | 0.0017 | 1.43 | 1.90% | 75 | ||||
| 1 | Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | July-September | 1,488,000 | 0.0278 | 0.95 | 1.90% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | Forb | Late | 9 | C/T | Yes | July-September | 2,560,000 | 0.0111 | 0.65 | 1.30% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Canada Milkvetch | Astragalus canadensis | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Yes | June-August | 266,000 | 0.0901 | 0.55 | 1.10% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Canada/showy tick trefoil | Desmodium canadense | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | Yes | July-August | 88,000 | 0.0743 | 0.15 | 0.30% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Cup plant | Silphium perfoliatum | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 22,400 | 0.2917 | 0.15 | 0.30% | 50 | |||
| 1 | Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | Forb | * | * | C/T | High | Yes | June-July | 400,000 | 2,080,000 | 0.0199 | 0.95 | 1.90% | 50 | ||
| 1 | Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | Forb | Late | 8 | C/M | Yes | May-July | 176,000 | 0.0866 | 0.35 | 0.70% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | High | Yes | July-September | 12,800,000 | 8,000,000 | 0.0057 | 1.05 | 2.10% | 50 | ||
| 1 | Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | High | Yes | July-October | 384,000 | 0.040 | 0.35 | 0.70% | 50 | |||
| 1 | New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | High | Yes | September-October | 1,300,000 | 1,056,000 | 0.029 | 0.70 | 1.40% | 50 | ||
| 1 | Plains Coreopsis | Coreopsis tinctoria | Forb | Early | 3 | C/M | Yes | June-September | 1,650,000 | 1,843,902 | 0.025 | 1.05 | 2.10% | 50 | |||
| 1 | Prairie Cinquefoil | Potentilla arguta | Forb | Late | 8 | C/T | Yes | July-September | 3,680,000 | 0.008 | 0.70 | 1.40% | 50 | ||||
| 1 | Sawtooth Sunflower | Helianthus grosseserratus | Forb | Mid | 7 | C/T | High | Yes | August-October | 630,000 | 160,000 | 0.054 | 0.20 | 0.40% | 50 | ||
| 1 | Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale | Forb | Mid | 4 | C/M | Yes | August-October | 1,464,516 | 2,080,000 | 0.020 | 0.95 | 1.90% | 50 | |||
| 1 | Spotted Joe-pye weed | Eupatorium (Eutrochicum) maculatum | Forb | Late | 9 | C/T | Very High | Yes | July-September | 1,520,000 | 0.023 | 0.80 | 1.60% | 50 | |||
| 1 | Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/T | Very High | Yes | June-September | 72,000 | 76,800 | 0.142 | 0.25 | 0.50% | 50 | ||
| 1 | Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Forb | Mid | 5 | C/M | Very High | Yes | July-August | 1,200,000 | 1,120,000 | 0.029 | 0.75 | 1.50% | 50 | ||
| 1 | Wild Golden Glow/ cutleaf coneflower | Rudbeckia laciniata | Forb | Mid | 6 | C/M | Yes | July-October | 252,222 | 406,451 | 0.027 | 0.25 | 0.50% | 50 | |||
| 34 | Totals | 7.02 | 50 | 112.00% | $0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 34.00% | Forb % | ||||||||||||||||
| FACW or wetter | FAC | ||||||||||||||||
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix | Heterogeneity | Pollinator Bloom Period | |||||||||||||
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 7 | 21.7% | C = Cool Season | W = Warm Season | At least 2 different forb species flowering each month between April and October. April and October may not be possible due to climate and/or ecological site. | ||||||||||||
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 20 | 67.4% | B = Bunchgrass | S = Sod Grass | April | 0 | |||||||||||
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 6 | 8.9% | T = Tall (>36") | M = Medium (18"-36") | May | 1 | |||||||||||
| 33 | 98% | June | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| July | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mix Conservatism | Monarch Butterfly Use | August | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | High and Very High Percent in Mix | September | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 10.40% | October | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Floristic Qualtiy Index | |||||||||||||||||
| 29 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nesting Cover | Herbicide Tolerance | ||||||||||||||||
| Evenness Calculation | Cool Season Percent (at least 60%) | Aminopyralid Tolerance (e.g., Milestone®) | |||||||||||||||
| Sum of Squares | 0.08 | 74.50% | Imazapic Tolerance (e.g., Plateau®) | ||||||||||||||
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.36 | Imazapic and Aminopyralid Tolerance | |||||||||||||||
| **Please read and follow all pesticide label instructions.** | |||||||||||||||||
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 | Estimated Forage Production (lbs) | The NRCS does not endorse the use of any specific product and makes no claims or implies no warranty regarding herbicide selection, application, and/or results. | ||||||||||||||
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 | *Average Representative Value | |||||||||||||||
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% | [Cy/Ly] | 3433/3567 | ||||||||||||||
| Conservatism Guilds: | [CyOv/LyOv] | 4333/4200 | |||||||||||||||
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | [LSb/SSb] | 4525/4533 | ||||||||||||||
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% | Sb | 5200 | ||||||||||||||
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% | Sy | 3433 | ||||||||||||||
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 25 seeds/ft2 | SwG | 2600 |
Saline Lowland
| Saline Lowland (zero to six inch water depth) Easement Mix | |||||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost/Species | full rate | Salt Tolerance | Salt Tolerance (High, Medium, Low) | ||
| 1 | inland saltgrass | Distichlis spicata | Grass | Early | 2 | 520,000 | 0.44 | 5.25 | 15.00% | 35 | FACW | ||||
| 1 | Nuttall's alkaligrass | Puccinellia distans | Grass | Mid | 4 | 2,108,000 | 0.15 | 7.50 | 15.00% | 50 | OBL | ||||
| 1 | alkali sacaton | Sporobolus airoides | Grass | Mid | 5 | 1,758,000 | 0.15 | 6.00 | 15.00% | 40 | FAC | Halophyte | |||
| 1 | slender wheatgrass | Elymus trachycaulus | Grass | Mid | 6 | 155,000 | 0.49 | 1.75 | 5.00% | 35 | FACU | Salt-tolerant nonhalophyte | |||
| 1 | western wheatgrass | Pascopyrum smithii | Grass | Mid | 4 | 112,000 | 0.97 | 2.50 | 10.00% | 25 | FACU | Salt-tolerant nonhalophyte | |||
| 1 | blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | Mid | 5 | 750,000 | 0.07 | 1.20 | 3.00% | 40 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass | Mid | 5 | 390,000 | 0.09 | 0.80 | 2.00% | 40 | FAC | ||||
| 1 | prairie cordgrass | Spartina pectinata | Grass | Mid | 5 | 183,000 | 0.12 | 0.50 | 2.00% | 25 | FACW | ||||
| 1 | thickspike wheatgrass | Elymus lanceolatus | Grass | Mid | 7 | 155,000 | 0.84 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | UPL | ||||
| 1 | beardless wildrye | Leymus triticoides | Grass | Early | 3 | 150,000 | 0.87 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | FAC | ||||
| 1 | creeping spikerush | Eleocharis palustris | Grasslike | Early | 3 | 816,000 | 0.16 | 3.00 | 10.00% | 30 | OBL | ||||
| 1 | Baltic rush | Juncus balticus | Rush | Mid | 5 | 5,472,000 | 0.01 | 1.20 | 3.00% | 40 | FACW | ||||
| 12 | Totals | 4.37 | 36 | 100.00% | $0.00 | ||||||||||
| * All costs are approximate and users are required to contact the seed company for current rates and availability. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 Coefficient of Conservatism from USACE ERDC/EL TR-06-5, A Regional Guidebook for Applying the Hydrogeomorphic Approach to Assessing Wetland Functions of Prairie Potholes, May 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| Please remember that if you are working "West River" then some of the ecological sites may be drier and this mix may not be appropriate. |
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix | ||
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 3 | 32% | ||
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 9 | 68% | ||
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 0 | 0% | ||
| 12 | 100% | |||
| Nesting Cover | ||||
| Mix Conservatism | Cool Season Percent (at least 60%) | |||
| 5 | 50.00% | |||
| Estimated Forage Production (lbs/acre) | ||||
| Floristic Qualtiy Index | Average Representative Value by MLRA | |||
| 16 | 53B/C - SL | 3168-3133* | ||
| 55B/C - SL | 3686-3600* | |||
| Evenness Calculation | 102A/B/C - SL | 3960-4140* | ||
| Sum of Squares | 0.11 | *may be different do to thickspike wheatgrass and beardless wildrye. | ||
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.74 |
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 |
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 |
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% |
| Conservatism Guilds: | |
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% |
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% |
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% |
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 30 seeds/ft2 |
Wet Meadow
| Low Prairie to Wet meadow (zero to six inch water depth) Mix | ||||||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habit | Succession | Coefficient of Conservatism1 | PLS Seeds/LB | #PLS/Acre | Seeds/ft2 | % of Mix by weight | Cost/LB of PLS | *Cost/Species | full rate | |
| 1 | American sloughgrass | Beckmannia syzigachne | Grass | Early | 1 | 1,150,000 | 0.33 | 8.75 | 25.00% | 35 | ||
| 1 | bluejoint reedgrass | Calamagrostis canadensis | Grass | Mid | 5 | 4,480,000 | 0.03 | 3.50 | 10.00% | 35 | ||
| 1 | green muhly | Muhlenbergia racemosa | Grass | Mid | 4 | 1,280,000 | 0.06 | 1.75 | 5.00% | 35 | ||
| 1 | Prairie wedgegrass | Sphenopholis obtusata | Grass | Early | 7 | 200,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00% | NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME | 35 | |
| 1 | switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass | Mid | 5 | 390,000 | 0.39 | 3.50 | 10.00% | 35 | ||
| 1 | western wheatgrass | Agropyron smithii | Grass | Mid | 4 | 112,000 | 0.97 | 2.50 | 10.00% | 25 | ||
| 1 | Canada wild rye | Elymus canadensis | Grass | Early | 3 | 115,000 | 0.95 | 2.50 | 10.00% | 25 | ||
| 1 | prairie cordgrass | Spartina pectinata | Grass | Mid | 5 | 183,000 | 0.60 | 2.50 | 10.00% | 25 | ||
| 1 | fox sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | Sedge | Early | 2 | 1,600,000 | 0.14 | 5.00 | 10.00% | 50 | ||
| 1 | bristly sedge | Carex comosa | Sedge | Late | 10 | 480,000 | 0.14 | 1.50 | 3.00% | 50 | ||
| 1 | bottlebrush sedge | Carex hystericina | Sedge | Mid | 7 | 480,000 | 0.36 | 4.00 | 10.00% | 40 | ||
| 1 | Bebb's sedge | Carex bebbii | Sedge | Late | 8 | 544,000 | 0.12 | 1.50 | 3.00% | 50 | ||
| 12 | Totals | 4.09 | 37 | 106.00% | $0.00 | |||||||
| * All costs are approximate and users are required to contact the seed company for current rates and availability. | ||||||||||||
| 1 Coefficient of Conservatism from USACE ERDC/EL TR-06-5, A Regional Guidebook for Applying the Hydrogeomorphic Approach to Assessing Wetland Functions of Prairie Potholes, May 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Please remember that if you are working "West River" then some of the ecological sites may be drier and this mix may not be appropriate. |
| Conservatism Guilds | Species | Seed/ft2 % mix |
| EARLY SUCCESSIONAL (0-3) | 3 | 44% |
| MID SUCCESSIONAL (4-7) | 7 | 48% |
| LATE SUCCESSIONAL (8-10) | 2 | 8% |
| 12 | 100% |
| Mix Conservatism |
| 5 |
| Floristic Qualtiy Index |
| 18 |
| Evenness Calculation | |
| Sum of Squares | 0.14 |
| Simpson's Evenness: | 0.61 |
| Floristic Quality Index (FQI) | Recommended FQI is at least 20.0 |
| Mix Conservatism (CC) | Recommended Coefficient of Conservatism is at least 3.0 |
| Simpson's Evenness | Recommended Evenness (balance) of the mix is at least 70% |
| Conservatism Guilds: | |
| Early Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% |
| Mid-Successional | Recommended range of 45-65% |
| Late Successional | Recommended range of 15-33% |
| PLS Seeds/ft2 | Minimum of 30 seeds/ft2 |
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