IL DOT Class 4 (Native Grass Mix) Fern

IL DOT Class 4 (Native Grass Mix) FernSeeding Rate: 83 lb acre (300. 5 seeds square foot) Common Name Scientific Name % of Mix Seeds ft2 Total Grasses Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii 4. 82% 14. 7 4. 00 PLS lb Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium 6. 02% 27. 5 5. 00 PLS lb Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula 6. 02% 11. 0 5. 00 PLS lb Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis 1. 20% 1. 9 1. 00 PLS lb Switchgrass Panicum virgatum 1. 20% 5. 1 1. 00 PLS lb Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans 2. 41% 8.

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and other wildlife

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Key Benefits

Oat-like tan seedheads dangle in the breeze and offer seeds for wild turkeys

If planted with other prairie plants it can please the eyes blowing in the wind on a late summer's day

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Gaillardia pulchella

it can be used in rain gardens and wet prairie and shallow marsh restoration

• Regular fit

but no earlier than April 1

Leathery pods on female trees contain little seeds