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: 0.25 lbs per 1,000 sq.ft.

15 % Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulfurflower Buckwheat)
15 % Lupinus sericeus (Silky Lupine)
15 % Delphinium occidentale (Western Larkspur)
15 % Delphinium barbeyi (Tall Larkspur)
12 % Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt Penstemon)
10 % Gaillardia aristata (Perennial Gaillardia)
10 % Linum perenne lewisii (Blue Flax)
6.25 % Hyemnoxys hoopesii (Orange Mt Daisy)
5 % Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
5 % Aquilegia coerulea (Blue Columbine)
5 % Helianthella quinquenervis (Aspen Sunflower)
5 % Wyethia amplexicaulis (Mules Ears)
0.25 % Chamerion angustifolium (Fireweed)
0.25 % Delphinium barbeyi (Tall Larkspur)
0.25 % Heterotheca pumila (Golden Aster)

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

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

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