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.

12 % Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mt Beeplant)
12 % Erigeron speciosus (Aspen Daisy)
12 % Gaillardia aristata (Perennial Blanketflower)
12 % Linum lewisii (Blue Flax)
12 % Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt Penstemon)
12 % Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)
11 % Lupinus sericeus (Silky Lupine)
10 % Rudbeckia hirta (Blackeyed Susan)
3 % Heliomeris multiflora (Showy Goldeneye)
1.5 % Penstemon glaber alpinus (Sawsepal Penstemon)
1 % Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphurflower)
1 % Penstemon virgatus (Wand Penstemon)
0.25 % Penstemon virens (Bluemist Penstemon)
0.25 % Solidago missouriensis (Goldenrod)

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

25 % Elymus trachycaulus (Slender Wheatgrass)
25 % Pascopyrum smithii (Western Wheatgrass)
10 % Bromus ciliatus (Fringed Brome)
10 % Poa ampla (Bigg Bluegrass)
10 % Schiachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
5 % Elymus lanceolatus (Thickspike Wheatgrass)
5 % Koeleria macrantha (Junegrass)
5 % Pseudoroegneria spicata (Bluebunch Wheatgrass)
4 % Festuca idahoensis (Idaho Fescue)
1 % Muhlenbergia montana (Mountain Muhly)

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

40 % Poa secunda (Sandberg Bluegrass)
40 % Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama)
20 % Koeleria macrantha (Junegrass)

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

60 % Elymus trachycaulus (Slender Wheatgrass)
40 % 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.