SUBALPINE SEED MIXES


for southern and central Rocky Mountains
elevation range 9,000' - 11,500'
20 plus inches precipitation, mainly winter snow

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

15 % Aquilegia coerulea (Blue Columbine)
15 % Delphinium barbeyi (Tall Larkspur)
15 % Linum perenne lewisii (Blue Flax)
15 % Lupinus caudatus (Tailcup Lupine)
10 % Helianthella quinquenervis (Aspen Sunflower)
10 % Ligularia bigelovii (Nodding Groundsel)
5 % Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulfurflower Buckwheat)
5 % Hyemnoxys hoopesii (Orange Mt Daisy)
5 % Solidago missouriensis (Goldenrod)
2 % Senecio atratus (Blacktip Groundsel)
1 % Anemone multiflora (Windflower)
1 % Pulsatilla patens (Pasque Flower)
0.5 % Ipomopsis aggregata (Scarlet Gillia)
0.5 % Phacelia sericea (Purple Fringe)

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

20 % Bromus ciliatus (Fringed Brome)
20 % Elymus trachycaulus (Slender Wheatgrass)
20 % Poa alpina (Alpine Bluegrass)
10 % Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hairgrass)
10 % Festuca saximontana (Rocky Mt Fescue)
10 % Poa ampla (Big Bluegrass)
5 % Festuca thurberi (Thurber Fescue)
5 % Trisetum spicatum (Spike Trisetum)

Subalpine Meadow Mix
(a blend of 70% Subalpine Grasses and 30% Subalpine Wildflowers)
seeding rate: 1 pound per 1,000 sq.ft.