Weld County Briggsdale Fire

Native Prairie Mix

Common Name Scientific Name % of Mix PLS/Acre Cool/Warm Ht (ft)
Blue Grama Bouteloua gracilis 23 .375 Warm <2’
Buffalograss Buchloe dactyloides 10 .80 Warm 4-6”
Green Needlegrass Nassella viridula 20 1.0 Cool 1-4’
Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula 20 .90 Warm 1-3’
Western Wheatgrass        Pascopyrum smithii 25 2.0 Cool 1-3’
Sand Dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus         2 .06 Warm 2-3’

Species and/or % may change depending on availability.

Seeding rate: 10-15 PLS# / acre drilled, 20-30 PLS# / acre broadcast seeded, 1-3#/1000 sq. ft. for smaller areas.

The Native Prairie Mix is well adapted on shallow to deep, medium textured soils that are found on the Central to Northern Great Plains.  It is useful for forage, conservation, and wildlife use.  Elevation ranges from 3,500 to 5,500 feet and the average annual precipitation is 10 to 15 inches.

Blue Grama - Major native species of the western Great Plains and the Southwest.  One of the most widely distributed of all native grasses.  A warm season, perennial, open sod forming short grass.

Buffalograss - Native to southern Great Plains, Texas, Arizona and Colorado.  It is the dominant species of the short-grass region of the upland areas of the central Great Plains.  A warm season, low growing, perennial sod forming grass.

Green Needlegrass - Native to the northern Great Plains and adjacent areas.  Rather tall, cool season, long-lived, perennial bunchgrass.

Sideoats Grama - Native to U.S. and widely distributed eastward from Rocky Mountains.  Warm season, bunchy sod forming perennial grass.

Western Wheatgrass - Native to U.S. and of primary importance of northern Great Plains but occurs in every state.  Medium height, cool season, long-lived, coarse-leaf, sod forming perennial grass.

Sand Dropseed - Native, warm season, perennial bunchgrass.  Occurs abundantly on sandy open sites in Southern Plains and Southwest.  Widely distributed in U.S.

Native Prairie Mix $7.00/pound     


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