MONTANE SEED MIXES


for mixed conifer forest openings
elevation range 6,000' - 9,000'
15-30 inches precipitation and winter snow, summer rain

Montane Wildflowers
seeding rate: 8oz per 1,000 sq.ft.

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)

Montane Grasses
seeding rate: 2 lbs per 1,000 sq.ft. or 25 lbs per acre

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)

Montane Short Grasses
seeding rate: 2 lbs per 1,000 sq.ft. or 25 lbs per acre

35 % Festuca saximontana (Rocky Mt Fescue)
35 % Poa secunda (Sandberg Bluegrass)
15 % Koeleria macrantha (Junegrass)
15 % Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama)

Montane Erosion Control Grasses
seeding rate: 2 lbs per 1,000 sq.ft. or 25 lbs per acre

45 % Bromus marginatus (Mt Brome)
45 % Elymus trachycaulus (Slender Wheatgrass)
10 % Pascopyrum smithii (Western Wheatgrass)

Montane Meadow Mix
(a blend of 70% Montane grasses and 30% Montane wildflowers)
seeding rate: 1 pound per 1,000 sq.ft.