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W, <br />PBSI Native Prairie Mix <br />Reclamation, pasture <br />Common Name <br />Scientific Name <br />% of Mix <br />PLS/acre <br />Cool/Warm <br />Ht (ft) <br />Blue Grama <br />Bouteloua gracilis <br />29 <br />.45 <br />Warm <br /><2' <br />Buffalograss <br />Buchloe dactyloides <br />10 <br />.80 <br />Warm <br />4-6" <br />Green Needlegrass <br />Nassella viridula <br />20 <br />1.0 <br />Cool <br />1-4' <br />Sideoats Grama <br />Bouteloua curtipendula <br />20 <br />.90 <br />Warm <br />1-3' <br />Western Wheatgrass <br />Pascopyrum smithii <br />20 <br />1.6 <br />Cool <br />1-3' <br />Sand Dropseed <br />Sporobolus crytandrus <br />1 <br />.03 <br />Warm <br />2-3' <br />Species and/or % may change depending on availability. <br />Seeding rate: 10-15 PLS# / acre drilled, 20-30 PLS# / acre broadcast seeded, 1-3#/1000 sq. ft. for smaller <br />areas. <br />The Native Prairie Mix is well adapted on shallow to deep, medium textured soils that are found on the Central to <br />Northern Great Plains. It is useful for forage, conservation, and wildlife use. Elevation ranges from 3,500 to <br />5,500 feet and the average annual precipitation is 10 to 15 inches. <br />Blue Grama, Major native species of the western Great Plains and the Southwest. One of the most widely <br />distributed of all native grasses. A warm season, perennial, open sod forming short grass. <br />Buffalograss, Native to southern Great Plains, Texas, Arizona and Colorado. It is the dominant species of <br />the short -grass region of the upland areas of the central Great Plains. A warm season, low growing, <br />perennial sod forming grass. <br />Green Needlegrass, Native to the northern Great Plains and adjacent areas. Rather tall, cool season, long- <br />lived, perennial bunchgrass. <br />Sideoats Grama, Native to U.S. and widely distributed eastward from Rocky Mountains. Warm season, <br />bunchy sod forming perennial grass. <br />Western Wheatgrass, Native to U.S. and of primary importance of northern Great Plains but occurs in every <br />state. Medium height, cool season, long-lived, coarse -leaf, sod forming perennial grass. <br />Sand Dropseed, Native, warm season, perennial bunchgrass. Occurs abundantly on sandy open sites in <br />Southern Plains and Southwest. Widely distributed in U.S. <br />Pawnee Buttes Seed, Inc. <br />P.O. Box 100, 605 25th Street <br />Greeley, CO 80632 <br />970-356-7002 <br />1-800-782-5947 <br />970-356-7263 fax <br />info@PawneeButtesSeed.com <br />www.PawneeButtesSeed.com <br />