Mesic Prairie Mix

A widely adaptable mix recommended for areas of medium soil moisture. Use above the wet mesic mix in our Lake Edge Enhancement System. The best mix to use to replace large lawn areas in commercial landscaping.

Download Mesic Prairie Mix Specifications

PLS oz/acre Grasses
16 Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem)
32 Elymus canadensis (Canada Wild Rye)
12 Elymus virginicus (Virginia Wild Rye)
4 Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
32 Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
16 Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)
112 Subtotal
PLS oz/acre Forbs
1.5 Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
1 Baptisia alba (White False Indigo)
2 Coreopsis tripteris (Tall Coreopsis)
1 Dalea purpureum (Purple Prairie Clover)
1 Drymocallis arguta (Prairie Cinquefoil)
3 Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
2 Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
1 Helianthus grosseserratus (Sawtooth Sunflower)
1 Helianthus occidentalis (Western Sunflower)
0.5 Helianthus pauciflorus (Showy Sunflower)
3 Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)
2 Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazing Star)
0.5 Monarda fistulosa (Bergamot)
2 Oligoneuron riddellii (Riddell’s Goldenrod)
1 Oligoneuron rigidum (Stiff Goldenrod)
0.5 Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beardtongue)
0.5 Pycnanthemum virginianum (Mountain Mint)
4 Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower)
2 Rudbeckia hirta (Black-Eyed Susan)
3 Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Black-Eyed Susan)
2 Senna hebecarpa (Wild Senna)
2 Silphium integrifolium (Rosinweed)
2 Silphium laciniatum (Compass Plant)
3 Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)
1 Symphyotrichum  laeve (Smooth Aster)
1 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)
4 Vernonia gigantea (Tall Ironweed)
0.5 Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s Root)
48 Subtotal