This mix is designed to meet the "Southern Michigan Pheasant and Monarch Recovery CRP SAFE" CP38E program requirements for the CP2, CP4D and CP33 habitat practices. It includes 6 species of native grass at 3.5 #s/ac and 16 species of native forbs totaling 2.0 #s/ac. 11 forb species are rated high or very high for monarchs and comprise 66% of the forb seeds and include multiple species per bloom period. There are 2 milkweed species that comprising 1% of the forb seeds in this mix. No one forb species is greater than 15% of the forb mix by weight or exceeds 6 seeds/ft2. Click on PDF below to view included species and rates. Updated 1/8/2024.
Includes (#s/ac): Bluestem, Big (VNS) (1), Sideoats grama (local, vns) (0.3), Wildrye, Virginia (cool season) (0.5), Switchgrass (VNS) (0.3), Bluestem, Little (VNS) (0.7), Indiangrass (local or vns) (0.7), Leadplant (0.1), Partridge Pea (0.3), Prairie Clover, Purple (0.1), Milkweed, Common (0.06), Milkweed, Butterfly (Butterflyweed) (0.05), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (sand) (0.25), Coneflower, Purple (0.15), Sunflower, Annual (0.26), Sunflower, Maximillian (0.25), Sunflower, False (Oxeye) (0.15), Bergamot, Wild (Prairie Beebalm) (0.04), Goldenrod, Stiff (Rigid) (0.03), Coneflower, Grayheaded (Yellow) (0.05), Susan, Black-eyed (0.174), Aster, New England (0.02), and Vervain, Hoary (0.03).
