This mix of 36 regionally appropriate native grass and wildflower species meets and exceeds the USDA FSA / NRCS 327/420 standards for CRP program practices: CP2, CP23/23A, CP33, CP4D, CP38 (SAFE Quail and Pheasant), and CP43 and is appropriate for mesic to dry-mesic sites. This Mix contains 6 grasses and 30 forbs at 20.8 seeds per square foot with a PLS seeding rate of 2.6lbs per acre. Click on the mix title to place your order or view the species and rates in the Illinois NRCS Seed Calculator. Updated 2/20/2025
IL CRP Shortgrass Quail or Pheasant SAFE
Includes (#s/ac): Sideoats grama (local, vns) (0.3), Dropseed, Tall Composite (Rough) (0.35), Lovegrass, Purple (0.008), Bluestem, Little (VNS) (0.55), Dropseed, Prairie (0.025), Purple Top Tridens (0.06), Leadplant (0.015), Milkvetch, Canada (0.04), Partridge Pea (0.25), Prairie Clover, White (0.01), Prairie Clover, Purple (0.03), Illinois Bundleflower (Prairie Mimosa) (0.25), Tick-trefoil, Showy (Canada) (0.05), Milkweed, Common (0.01), Milkweed, Butterfly (Butterflyweed) (0.01), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (sand) (0.15), False Sunflower (0.08), Alum Root (0.0015), Coneflower, Purple (0.1), Blazingstar, Marsh (Dense) (0.02), Bergamot, Wild (Prairie Beebalm) (0.035), Beardtongue, Foxglove (Smooth penstemon) (0.01), Cinquefoil, prairie (potentilla) (0.005), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (Slender) (0.003), Mint, Mountain (Common) (Virginia) (0.003), Coneflower, Grayheaded (Yellow) (0.03), Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Susan, Brown-eyed (0.016), Goldenrod, Gray (Field) (Old Field) (0.003), Aster, Smooth Blue (0.01), Aster, Calico (0.002), Aster, New England (0.005), Spiderwort, Ohio (Common) (0.002), Vervain, Hoary (0.02), Culver's Root (0.001), and Alexander, Golden (0.07).
