TABLE 1
Recommended minimum number of species and seeding rates by soil moisture for a diverse prairie seed mix planted in Iowa.
|
Number of Species
|
Seeding Rates (seeds/square foot)
|
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| Plant Guild |
Wet
|
Wet-Mesic
|
Mesic
|
Dry-Mesic
|
Dry
|
Wet
|
Wet-Mesic
|
Mesic
|
Dry-Mesic
|
Dry
|
| Cool-season Grasses |
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
10.00
|
3.00
|
1.25
|
1.25
|
4.00
|
| Warm-season Grasses |
1
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
0.15
|
5.00
|
18.50
|
21.50
|
22.50
|
| Sedges/Rushes |
6
|
9
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
23.00
|
24.00
|
2.00
|
0.28
|
0.27
|
| Legumes |
1
|
2
|
6
|
7
|
10
|
0.10
|
1.10
|
3.78
|
4.65
|
3.50
|
| Non-Legume Forbs |
30
|
29
|
27
|
35
|
31
|
35.00
|
29.00
|
18.30
|
17.60
|
19.20
|
| Total |
42
|
44
|
46
|
53
|
55
|
68.25
|
62.10
|
43.83
|
45.28
|
49.47
|