Mesic Pollinator Mix

This mix is designed to provide maximum pollinator value throughout the growing season for upland mesic conditions. Flowering will begin at the end of April and continue until early October. Low stature grasses are included to maintain a stable community. Dormant sowing is highly recommended for maximum forb recruitment.

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PLS oz/acre Grasses and Sedges
32 Elymus canadensis (Canada Wild Rye)
32 Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
4 Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed)
68 Subtotal
PLS oz/acre Forbs
1 Allium cernuum (Nodding Wild Onion)
4 Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
2 Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed)
2 Baptisia alba (White Wild Indigo)
4 Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea)
3 Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-leaf Coreopsis)
3 Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)
6 Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
3 Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
1 Helianthus occidentalis (Western Sunflower)
3 Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)
2 Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazing Star)
1 Monarda fistulosa (Bergamot)
1 Oligoneuron riddellii (Riddell’s Goldenrod)
1 Oligoneuron rigidum (Stiff Goldenrod)
2 Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beardtongue)
1 Pycnanthemum virginianum (Mountain Mint)
4 Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower)
3 Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)
2 Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Black-Eyed Susan)
3 Senna hebecarpa (Wild Senna)
2 Silphium integrifolium (Rosinweed)
2 Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)
1 Symphyotrichum  laeve (Smooth Aster)
1 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)
2 Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio Spiderwort)
2 Vernonia gigantea (Tall Ironweed)
2 Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)
64 Subtotal