MONTANE SEED MIXES
for mixed conifer forest openings
elevation range 6,000' - 9,000'
15-30 inches precipitation and winter snow, summer rain
10 % Aquilegia coerulea (Blue Columbine) |
10 % Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mt Beeplant) |
10 % Erigeron speciosus (Aspen Daisy) |
10 % Gaillardia aristata (Perennial Blanketflower) |
10 % Linum lewisii (Blue Flax) |
10 % Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot) |
10 % Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt Penstemon) |
10 % Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster) |
5 % Rudbeckia hirta (Blackeyed Susan) |
4 % Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulfurflower Buckwheat) |
4 % Penstemon eatonii (Firecracker Penstemon) |
3 % Heliomeris multiflora (Showy Goldeneye) |
1 % Penstemon glaber alpinus (Sawsepal Penstemon) |
1 % Penstemon griffinii (Griffin Penstemon) |
1 % Penstemon virgatus (Wand Penstemon) |
0.5 % Lupinus sericeus (Silky Lupine) |
0.25 % Ipomopsis aggregata (Scarlet Gilia) |
0.25 % Penstemon virens (Bluemist Penstemon) |
20 % Elymus trachycaulus (Slender Wheatgrass) |
20 % Pascopyrum smithii (Western Wheatgrass) |
15 % Bromus ciliatus (Fringed Brome) |
10 % Nassella viridula (Green Needlegrass) |
10 % Schiachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) |
5 % Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama) |
5 % Pseudoroegneria spicata (Bluebunch Wheatgrass) |
5 % Koeleria macrantha (Junegrass) |
5 % Poa secunda (Sandberg Bluegrass) |
3 % Festuca arizonica (Arizona Fescue) |
2 % Muhlenbergia montana (Mountain Muhly) |
35 % Festuca saximontana (Rocky Mt Fescue) |
35 % Poa secunda (Sandberg Bluegrass) |
15 % Koeleria macrantha (Junegrass) |
15 % Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama) |
45 % Bromus marginatus (Mt Brome) |
45 % Elymus trachycaulus (Slender Wheatgrass) |
10 % Pascopyrum smithii (Western Wheatgrass) |