HIGH ALTITUDE SEED MIXES
general mixes for most sites at elevation range 8,000' - 11,000'
20-36 inches precipitation and winter snow
15 % Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulfurflower Buckwheat) |
15 % Gaillarida aristata (Perennial Gaillardia) |
15 % Linum lewisii (Blue Flax) |
15 % Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt Penstemon) |
10 % Delphinium occidentale (Western Larkspur) |
10 % Hymenoxys hoopesii (Orange Mountain Daisy) |
8 % Aquilegia coerulea (Blue Columbine) |
5 % Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) |
3% Lupinus caudatus (Tailcup Lupine) |
2 % Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium) |
1 % Heliomeris multiflora (Showy Goldeneye) |
1 % Solidago missouriensis (Goldenrod) |
25 % Bromus ciliatus (Fringed Brome) |
25 % Elymus trachycaulus (Slender Wheatgrass) |
15 % Bromus marginatus (Mountain Brome) |
15 % Festuca saximontana (Rocky Mt Fescue) |
8 % Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hairgrass) |
5 % Poa alpina (Alpine Bluegrass) |
3 % Koeleria macrantha (Junegrass) |
2 % Festuca thurberi (Thurber Fescue) |
2 % Trisetum spicatum (Spike Trisetum) |
45 % Poa alpina (Alpine Bluegrass) |
45 % Festuca saximontana (Rocky Mt Fescue) |
5 % Koeleria macrantha (Junegrass) |
5 % Trisetum spicatum (Marmotgrass) |