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













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) |





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) |