HIGH ALTITUDE SEED MIXES


general mixes for most sites at elevation range 8,000' - 11,000'
20-36 inches precipitation and winter snow

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

15 % Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulfurflower Buckwheat)
14 % Linum lewisii (Blue Flax)
12 % Lupinus sericeus (Silky Lupine)
12 % Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt Penstemon)
10 % Aquilegia coerulea (Blue Columbine)
10 % Gaillarida aristata (Perennial Gaillardia)
11 % Hymenoxys hoopesii (Orange Mountain Daisy)
6 % Delphinium occidentale (Western Larkspur)
4 % Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
4 % Wyethia amplexicaulis (Mules Ears)
1 % Erigeron speciosus (Showy Fleabane Daisy)
1 % Helianthella quinquenervis (Aspen Sunflower)

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

35 % Elymus trachycaulus (Slender Wheatgrass)
15 % Festuca saximontana (Rocky Mt Fescue)
30 % Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hairgrass)
12.5 % Poa ampla (Big Bluegrass)
5 % Poa alpina (Alpine Bluegrass)
2.5 % Festuca thurberi (Thurber Fescue)

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