This mix of 28 regionally appropriate native grass and wildflower species meets and exceeds the USDA FSA / NRCS 327/420 standard for the CRP program practices CP2, CP23/23A, CP33, CP4D, CP38E (SAFE Pheasant ONLY), and CP43 and is appropriate for wet to wet-mesic sites. This Mix contains 7 grasses and 21 forbs at 20.1 seeds per square foot with a PLS seeding rate of 1.99 lbs per acre. For Rice Hulls add 8lbs per acre. Click on the mix title to place your order or view the species and rates in the Illinois Seed Calculator. Updated 2/20/2025
IL CRP Wet - Bottomland Tallgrass Pheasant SAFE
Includes (#s/ac): Bluestem, Big (VNS) (0.5), Blue Joint grass (0.015), Sedge, Fox (0.06), Virginia Wild Rye (0.9), Rice Cut Grass (0.02), Switchgrass (Cave N Rock) (0.25), Bulrush, green (Dark green) (0.008), Milkweed, Swamp (Marsh) (0.02), Aster, False (White Doll's Daisy) (0.005), Aster, Flat-topped (Parasol Whitetop) (0.01), spotted joe pye weed (0.004), Boneset, Common (0.003), Goldenrod, Grass-leaved (0.0025), Sneezeweed (0.005), Blazingstar, Marsh (Dense) (0.04), Cardinal Flower (0.001), Lobelia, great blue (0.007), Seedbox (0.003), Monkeyflower, allegheny (Square-stemmed) (0.002), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (Slender) (0.005), Mint, Mountain (Common) (Virginia) (0.004), Susan, Sweet black-eyed (Sweet, Fragrant Coneflower) (0.02), Susan, Brown-eyed (0.02), Aster, New England (0.01), Aster, Swamp (purple stemmed) (0.005), Purple Meadow Rue (0.01), Vervain, Blue (0.05), and Ironweed, Prairie (0.015).
