Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Seeds per linear foot | Recommended* | |||||
|
Plants |
Optimum full seeding rates PLS lbs/acre |
6 |
8 |
12 |
Purity |
Germination |
| Native Grasses | ||||||
| Big bluestem | 10.6 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 60 |
| Indiangrass | 10.0 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 75 | 60 |
| Switchgrass | 4.5 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 95 | 80 |
| Western wheatgrass | 11.9 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 85 | 80 |
| Slender wheatgrass | 5.5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 95 | 85 |
| Thickspike wheatgrass |
8.5 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 95 | 90 |
| Streambank wheatgrass | 8.4 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 95 | 90 |
| Green needlegrass | 9.6 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 90 | 70 |
| Needle and thread | 11.4 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 80 | 70 |
| Little bluestem | 6.7 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 60 |
| Sand bluestem | 15.4 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 60 |
| Prairie sandreed | 6.4 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 80 | 70 |
| Sideoats grama | 9.1 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 75 | 60 |
| Blue grama | 2.1 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 |
| Reed canarygrass | 3.2 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 95 | 70 |
| Introduced grasses | ||||||
| Tall wheatgrass | 11.0 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 95 | 85 |
| Intermediate wheatgrass | 10.0 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 95 | 85 |
| Smooth bromegrass | 6.4 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 90 | 85 |
| Legumes | ||||||
| Alfalfa | 4.4 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 95 | 90 |
| Sweetclover | 3.4 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 95 | 90 |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/habitat/grasland/table3.htm
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