Wild Grass Planting Chart

Planting Information

Wild Grass

Wild Grass Planting Chart

CODE	NAME/LATIN NAME	N/I	HEIGHT	B/S	PRECIP	SOIL	LB/AC	LB/M

767	Bluegrass, Alpine	N	3/9"	B	12	Prefers moist,	5	0.5
	Poa alpinum					well-drained, loamy soil.
793	Bluegrass, Canadian	I	6/18"	S	10	Tolerates the	20	1.5
	Poa compressa					widest range of soils.
754	Bluegrass, Canby	N	6/18"	B	10	Wide range.	5	0.5
	Poa canbyi
790	Bluegrass, Kentucky	N	8/20"	S	16	Prefers, slightly	10	0.7
	Poa pratensis					moist, well-drained soils.
773	Bluegrass, Sandberg	N	8/20"	B	8	Wide range,	10	0.7
	Poa sandbergii					including poor soils.
768	Bottlebrush Squirreltail	N	6/12"	B	8	Wide range.	20	1.5
	Sitanion hystrix
757	Brome, Mountain	N	16/40"	B	14	Wide range of	15	1
	Bromus marginatus					well-drained soils.
788	Brome, Smooth	N	12/36"	B	12	Wide range of	12	1
	Bromus inermis					deep, well-drained soils.
756	Buffalo Grass	N	4/8"	S	12	Tolerates	15	1
	Buchloe dactyloides					somewhat clayey soils.
799	Fescue, Blue	N	8/18"	B	12	Wide range.	20	1.5
	Festuca ovina, glauca
786	Fescue, Hard	I	8/18"	B	16	Well-drained	20	1.5
	Festuca longifolia.					soils.
760	Fescue, Idaho	N	8/36"	B	10	Wide range.	20	1.5
	Festuca idahoensis
761	Fescue, Red	I	10/24"	S	20	Tolerates poor	20	1.5
	Festuca rubra					soils and shade.
792	Fescue, Sheep	N	18/18"	B	10	Wide range.	20	1.5
	Festuca ovina
771	Indian Ricegrass	N	8/24"	B	8	Sharply-drained,	15	1
	Oryzopsis hymenoides					sandy soils.
765	Needle & Thread	N	12/36"	B	10	Prefers sandy,	15	1
	Stipa comata					gravely soils.
775	Redtop	I	8/30"	S	18	Prefers damp or	2	0.2
	Agrostis alba					wet, slightly acidic soil.
783	Rye, Cereal	I	10/40"	S	12	Tolerates a wide	100	7
	Secale cereale					range of soils.
789	Ryegrass, Annual	I	6/24"	S	12	Wide range.	40	3
	Lolium multiflorum
776	Wheatgrass, Bluebunch	N	12/24"	B	10	Wide range of	15	1
	Agropyron spicatum					well- drained soils.
751	Wheatgrass, Siberian	I	12/24"	B	8	Prefers light,	15	1
	Agropyron sibericum					well-drained soils.
750	Wheatgrass, Streambank	N	12/28"	S	11	Wide range,	15	1
	Agropyron riparium					including heavy soils.
753	Wildrye, Great Basin	N	24/60"	B	8	Wide range of	20	1.5
	Elymus cinereus					soils including alkaline.

CODE: A 5 digit item code is needed to order items from our catalog. The first 3 digits designate each individual variety and can be found in column 1 under the CODE designation. The remaining 2 digits designate the size of the package. Please add the appropriate 2 digit size code when ordering grass seeds: 1/2 oz. = 08, 1 oz. = 09, 1/4 lb. = 11, 1/2 lb. = 12, 1 lb. = 13, 5 lbs. = 15. 50 lbs. = 20.

N/I: N = Native to the Mountain West. I = Introduced to the Mountain West. Many are naturalized, common and widespread enough to be mistaken as native.

HEIGHT: Height of grass blades/Height of flowering stalks.

B/S: B = Bunch grasses form separate, independent clumps if unattended in the wild. Bunches can be planted closely together to create tightly knit sod as in the case of hard of sheep fescue. Usually this requires supplemental water and ocasional fertilizer. S = Sod forming grasses naturally form a carpet-like turf.

PRECIP: Minimum annual inches of rainfall to establish without irrigation.

SOIL: Preferred soil or soil limitations.

LB/AC: Recommended pounds of seed per acre seeding rate for large reclamation areas.

LB/M: Recommended pounds of seed per 1,000 square feet for smaller, backyard-sized landscape areas.

Wild Grass Planting Chart

CODE

NAME/LATIN NAME

N/I

HEIGHT

B/S

PRECIP

SOIL

LB/AC

LB/M