This mix is designed to meet the Michigan Monarch Pollinator program requirements for the CSP or EQIP Monarch pollinator habitat practice and would also meet the CRP CP42 Pollinator Practice. It includes 4 species of native grass at 2.16 #s/ac, 16 species of native forbs totaling 2.334 #s/ac, 11 species rated high or very high for monarchs comprising 66% of the wildflower seeds, includes at least 3 forb species per bloom period, and has 2 milkweed species comprising 1.5% of the PLS seeds for the total mix. The mix is 60.84% PLS Forbs and 39.16 PLS Grasses and No one forb species is greater than 15% of the mix by weight or exceeds 6 seeds/ft2. Click on PDF to view included species and rates. Updated 11/20/2024
MI Monarch Pollinator Mix (CSP, EQIP, and CRP-CP42):
Includes (#s/ac): Sideoats grama (local, vns) (1), Junegrass, Prairie (0.03), Bluestem, Little (VNS) (1.1), Dropseed, Prairie (0.03), Partridge Pea (0.3), Prairie Clover, Purple (0.2), Milkweed, Common (0.2), Milkweed, Butterfly (Butterflyweed) (0.1), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (sand) (0.3), Coneflower, Purple (0.25), Sunflower, Maximillian (0.3), Sunflower, False (Oxeye) (0.25), Bergamot, Wild (Prairie Beebalm) (0.02), Evening primrose, Common (0.05), Goldenrod, Stiff (Rigid) (0.02), Coneflower, Grayheaded (Yellow) (0.05), Susan, Black-eyed (0.174), Aster, New England (0.02), Vervain, Blue (0.05), and Alexander, Golden (0.05).
