MONTANE SEED MIXES for mixed conifer forest clearingselevation range 6,000' - 9,000'15-30 inches precipitation and winter snow, summer rain
Montane Grass Mixseeding rate: 2 lbs per 1,000 sq.ft. or 25 lbs per acre. 25 % Elymus trachycaulus (Slender Wheatgrass)25 % Elymus lanceolatus (Thickspike Wheatgrass)20 % Bromus ciliatus (Fringed Brome)10 % Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama)10 % Festuca arizonica (Arizona Fescue)6 % Sporobolus cryptandrus (Sand Dropseed)2 % Koeleria macrantha (Junegrass)2 % Poa fendleriana (Mutton Grass)
Montane Wildflower Seed Mix20 % Linum perenne lewisii (Blue Flax)20 % Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mt Penstemon)12 % Gaillarida aristata (Perennial Gaillardia)10 % Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)10 % Ratibida columnifera (Prairie Coneflower)10 % Oxytropis sericea (Silky Locoweed)5 % Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mt. Beeplant)5 % Penstemon eatonii (Firecracker Penstemon)3 % Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)2 % Heliomeris multiflora (Showy Goldeneye)2 % Machaeranthera bigelovii (Purple Aster)0.5 % Penstemon virgatus (Wand Beardtongue)0.5 % Aquilegia coerulea (Blue Columbine)