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

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Table 8. Seeding rates based on pure live seeds (PLS) and bulk pounds per acre for mixed-grass prairie grasses on silty range site-Major Land Resource Area 55B.

				Seed quality**
Species	Optimum lb/acre PLS*	Percent full seeding	Amount of PLS (lb/acre)	Purity	Germination	Factor***	Bulk seed (lb/acre)
Western wheatgrass	11.9	0.15	1.79****	85	80	1.45	2.6*****
Thickspike wheatgrass	8.5	0.05	0.43	95	85	1.25	0.5
Slender wheatgrass	5.5	0.05	0.28	95	85	1.25	0.3
Green needlegrass	9.6	0.20	1.92	90	70	1.6	3.1
Sideoats grama	9.1	0.15	1.30	75	60	2.2	2.9
Blue grama	2.1	0.10	0.21	50	60	3.35	0.7
Little bluestem	6.7	0.20	1.34	70	60	2.4	3.2
Big bluestem	10.6	0.10	1.06	70	60	2.4	2.5
Indiangrass	10.0	0.025	0.25	75	60	2.2	0.5
Switchgrass	4.5	0.025	0.11	95	80	1.3	0.1
Totals			8.69				16.4

* Seeding rate ia adjusted for species differences in seedling vigor and
rate of establishment. Refer to Table 4 for actual rate, PLS per square
foot.

** Percent purity and germination are shown as minimum standards for good
quality seed. Use actual purity and germination of seed lot to calculate
bulk pounds.

*** Converaion factor, Table 3 (Conversion factors to determine pounds of
bulk seed needed for 1 pound of pure live seed).

**** Optimum lb/acre PLS x Percent of full seeding = Amount of PLS.

***** Amount of PLS x Seed quality factor = Bulk seed.

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