Solar Array Seed Mix

This solar array mix is suitable for creating a pollinator habitat in dry to mesic soil conditions. The species selected for this mix are low stature, growing no more than 3 feet in height. Wildflowers will provide bloom, April to October, to benefit pollinators visiting solar farms.

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PLS oz/acre Grasses and Sedges
24 Bouteloua curtipendula (Side-Oats Grama)
2 Carex bicknellii (Prairie Oval Sedge)
3 Carex brevior (Plains Oval Sedge)
4 Carex granularis (Meadow Sedge)
32 Elymus virginicus (Virginia Wild Rye)
40 Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
3 Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed)
108 Subtotal
PLS oz/acre Forbs
4 Allium cernuum (Nodding Wild Onion)
16 Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea)
6 Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-leaved Coreopsis)
6 Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)
0.25 Lobelia siphilitica (Pale-Spike Lobelia)
2 Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)
0.5 Oligoneuron riddellii (Riddell’s Goldenrod)
0.5 Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beardtongue)
0.5 Penstemon hirisutus (Hairy Beardtongue)
0.5 Pycnanthemum virginianum (Mountain Mint)
2 Rudbeckia fulgida speciosa (Showy Black-Eyed Susan)
2 Rudbeckia hirta (Black-Eyed Susan)
0.5 Solidago nemoralis (Gray Goldenrod)
0.75 Symphyotrichum ericoides (Heath Aster)
2.5 Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)
44 Subtotal