NATIVE GRASSES FORBS Bigleaf Lupine Blackeyed Susan Blanket Flower Blue Flag Iris Blue Vervain (Wild Hyssop) Boneset Browneyed Susan Bur Marigold Butterfly Milkweed Calico Aster California Poppy Canada Golden Rod Canadian Anemone Common Milkweed Common Sunflower Cosmos Crown Vetch Deer Tongue Eastern Columbine Evening Primrose Flat Topped White Aster Golden Alexanders Grassleaf Goldenrod Great Blue Lobelia Heath Aster Illinois Bundle Flower Indian Hemp Lupinus polyphyllus Rudbeckia hirta Gaillardia aristata Iris versicolor Verbena hastata Eupatorium perfoliatum Rudbeckia triloba Bidens cernua Asclepias tuberosa Aster lateriflorus Eschscholzia californica Solidago canadensis Anemone canadensis Asclepias syriaca Helianthus annuus Cosmos bipinnatus Securigera varia Panicum clandestinum Aquilegia canadensis Oenothera biennis Aster umbellatus Zizia aurea Euthamia graminifolia Lobelia siphilitica Aster pilosus Desmanthus illinoensis Apocynum cannabinum GRAMINOID (GRASS/SEDGE/RUSH) American Manna Grass Autumn Bentgrass Awl Sedge Crested Wheatgrass Big Blue Stem Blue Grama Blunt Broom Sedge Bottlebrush Grass Broom Sedge Buffalo Grass Canada Bluejoint Canada Wild Rye Coated Alpine Bluegrass Coated Fringed Brome Coated Mountain Brome Fowl Bluegrass Fowl Mannagrass Fox Sedge Fringed Sedge Green Bulrush Green Needlegrass Hard Stemmed Bulrush Hop Sedge Idaho Fescue Indian Grass Glyceria grandis Agrostis perennans Carex stipata Agropyron cristatum Andropogon gerardii Bouteloua gracilis Carex scoparia Elymus hystrix Andropogon virginicus Buchloe dactyloides Calamagrostis canadensis Elymus canadensis Poa alpina Bromus ciliatus Bromus marginatus Poa palustris Glyceria striata Carex vulpinoidea Carex crinita Scirpus atrovirens Nassella viridula Schoenoplectus acutus Carex lupulina Festuca idahoensis Sorghastrum nutans Lacy Phacelia/Purple Tansy Lance Leaf Coreopsis Marsh (Dense) Blazing Star New England Aster Ox Eye Daisy Ox Eye Sunflower Partridge Pea Penngift Crown Vetch Prairie Blazing Star Purple Coneflower Purple Prairie Clover Purplestem Aster Shasta Daisy Showy Tick Trefoil Smooth Blue Aster Sneezeweed Spotted Joe Pye Weed Square Stemmed Monkey Flower Swamp Milkweed Tall Sunflower Tall White Beardtongue Thimbleweed Turtlehead Virgins Bower White Avens Wild Bergamot Yarrow Phacelia tanacetifolia Coreopsis lanceolata Liatris spicata Aster novae-angliae Leucanthemum vulgare Heliopsis helianthoides Chamaecrista fasciculata Securigera varia 'Penngift' Liatris pycnostachya Echinacea purpurea Dalea purpurea Aster puniceus Leucanthemum × superbum Desmodium canadense Aster laevis Helenium autumnale Eupatorium maculatum Mimulus ringens Asclepias incarnata Helianthus giganteus Penstemon digitalis Anemone virginiana Chelone glabra Clematis virginiana Geum canadensis Monarda fistulosa Achillea millefolium Junegrass Little Blue Stem Lurid Sedge Panic Grass Path Rush Prairie Cordgrass Prairie Dropseed Rice Cut Grass River Bank Wild Rye Rocky Mountain Fescue Rough Fescue Sand Dropseed Side Oats Grama Slender Wheatgrass Soft Rush Soft Stem Bulrush Streambank Wheatgrass Switchgrass Tall Mannagrass Ticklegrass Tufted Hairgrass Virginia Wild Rye Winter Bentgrass Woolgrass Koeleria macrantha Schizachyrium scoparium Carex lurida Panicum amarum Juncus tenuis Spartina pectinata Sporobolus heterolepis Leersia oryzoides Elymus riparius Festuca saximontana Festuca scabrella Sporobolus cryptandrus Bouteloua curtipendula Elymus trachycaulus Juncus effusus Scirpus validus Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus Panicum virgatum Glyceria grandis Agrostis scabra Deschampsia cespitosa Elymus virginicus Agrostis hyemalis Scirpus cyperinus COVER/NURSE CROPS A cover crop application may be required to provide soil stabilization and erosion control. When applied with native seed mixes, cover crops may also act as a nurse crop. Use the table below to determine the best timing and application for your project. Barley Canada Wild Rye Hordeum vulgare Elymus canadensis Oats Winter Wheat Avena sativa Triticum aestivum PURPOSE RECOMMENDED NURSE/COVER CROP SELECTION AND TIMING Stabilization (Stockpile or temporary site stabilization without native seed mix) Restoration or Enhancement (Planted with native seed mix) PLANTING May - Sep STABILIZATION 0 - 2 Yrs Oct - Nov 1 - 2 Yrs May - Sep Immediate Oct - Nov Immediate COVER CROP SPECIES/MIX 50% Oats (Avena sativa) 50% Barley (Hordeum vulgare) 100% Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum) 40% Oats (Avena sativa) 45% Barley (Hordeum vulgare) 15% Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis) 100% Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum) APP. RATE 60 kg/ha (52 lbs/ac) 60 kg/ha (52 lbs/ac) 15 kg/ha (13 lbs/ac) 15 kg/ha (13 lbs/ac) 4
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