Establishment of Seeded Grasslands for Wildlife Habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region

Tables

Table 3. Number of pure live seeds per linear foot for 6-, 8-, or 12-inch row spacing based on optimum full seeding rates in PLS pounds per acre.

		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