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) |
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) |









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) |