Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
|
Plants |
Seeds per pound* |
Seeding Rates-PLS (lb/acre) | |||
| 10 PLS/ft2 | 20 PLS/ft2 | 30 PLS/ft2 | 40 PLS/ft2 | ||
| Native grasses | |||||
| Big bluestem | 165,000 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 10.6 |
| Indiangrass | 175,000 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 10.0 |
| Switchgrass | 389,000 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| Western wheatgrass | 110,000 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 11.9 | 15.8 |
| Slender wheatgrass | 159,000 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 11.0 |
| Thickspike Wheatgrass | 154,000 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 11.3 |
| Streambank wheatgrass | 156,000 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 11.2 |
| Green needlegrass | 181,000 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 9.6 |
| Needle and Thread | 115,000 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 11.4 | 15.2 |
| Little bluestem | 260,000 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 6.7 |
| Sand bluestem | 113,000 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 15.4 |
| Prairie sandreed | 274,000 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
| Sideoats grama | 191,000 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 6.8 | 9.1 |
| Blue grama | 825,000 | 0.53 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| reed canarygrass | 553,000 | 0.79 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| Introduced grasses | |||||
| Tall wheatgrass | 79,000 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 16.5 | 22.1 |
| Intermediate wheatgrass | 88,000 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 20.0 |
| Smooth bromegrass | 136,000 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 9.6 | 12.8 |
| Legumes | |||||
| Alfalfa | 200,000 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 8.7 |
| Sweetclover | 260,000 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 6.7 |
* Stefferud(1948).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
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