Recommended salt tolerant mixes
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| DESCRIPTION: Combination native and turf mix. Reaches a height of approximately 18 inches. For use inurban areas where conditions may be saline, droughty & generally poor soils. Oats to be substituted for Winter Wheat in spring plantings at a ratio of 1 to 1. RATE: 60 lbs/acre (67.2 kg/ha) | |||
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | # Pounds | Percentage |
| Grama Sideoats | Bouteloua Curtipendula | 4.80 | 8.00% |
| Grama Blue | Bouteloua Graciis | 3.60 | 6.00% |
| Prairie Clover Purple | Dalea Purpureum | 1.20 | 2.00% |
| Wildrye Canada | Elymus Canadensis | 2.40 | 4.00% |
| Wheat Grass Slender | Elymus Trachycaulus | 3.60 | 6.00% |
| Rye Grass Annual | Lolium Talicum | 4.80 | 8.00% |
| Wheat Winter | Talicum Aestivum | 15.60 | 26.00% |
| Bluegrass Canada | PCA Compressa | 7.20 | 12.00 |
| Grass Alkali | Puccinella Distans | 9.60 | 16.00% |
| Bluestem Little | Schizachyrium Scoparium | 6.00 | 10.00% |
| Dropseed Sand | Sporobolus Cryptandrus | 1.20 | 2.00%X |
| Totals | 60.00 | 100.00% | |
| Pounds of cover crop to be bagged seperately (Tech Memo 04-09-ENV-02 | 78.00 | ||
| Mixture 10B (western Tall Grass Prairie): Grasses are PLS Forbs & introduced are bulk, yellow tag when available. DESCRIPTION: Native mix. Reaches a height of 36 to 48 inches. For use in western Minnesota. Oats to be substituted for Winter Wheat in spring plantings at a ratio of 1 to 1. RATE: 30 lbs/acre (33 kg/ha) | |||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | # Pounds | Percentage |
| Bluestem Big | Andropogon Gerardi | 1.80 | 6.00% |
| Grama Sideoats | Bouteloua Curtipendula | 2.40 | 8.00% |
| Wildrye Canada | Elymus Canadensis | 1.80 | 6.00% |
| Wheat Grass Slender | Elymus Trachycaulus | 1.20 | 4.00% |
| Wheat Grass Western | Elytrigia SmithA | 0.60 | 2.00% |
| Rye Grass Annual | Lolium Talicum | 3.00 | 10.00% |
| Wheat Winter | Talicum Aestivum | 10.20 | 34.00% |
| Forbes F-1 or F-2 | N/A | 1.50 | 5.00% |
| Switchgrass Wild Type | Panicum Virgatum | 0.30 | 1.00% |
| Bluestem Little | Schizachyrium Scoparium | 3.00 | 10.00% |
| Indian Grass | Sorghastrum Nutans | 3.00 | 10.00% |
| Needle Grass Green | Stipa Viridula | 1.20 | 4.00% |
| Totals | 30.00 | 100.00% | |
| Pounds of cover crop to be bagged seperately (Tech Memo 04-09-ENV-02 | 51.00 | ||
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