Seed mixture selection and other information for various construction site stabilization periods Seed mixture selection and other information for various construction site stabilization periods

Seed mixture selection and other information for various construction site stabilization periods
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Seed/Mixture Name and Planting Season	MnDOT Mixture #	Common Name	Scientific Name	Rate (lb/acre)	% of Mix (by weight)
Oats One Year Cover Crop May 1 – August 1	21-111	Oats	Avena sativa	100.00	100.00
			Total	100.00	100.00
Winter Wheat One Year Cover Crop August 1 – October 1	21-112	Winter Wheat	Triticum aestivum	100.00	100.00
			Total	100.00	100.00
Soil Building One Year Cover Crop May 1 – August 1	21-113	Field Pea	Pisum sativum	50.00	45.46
		Oats	Avena sativa	60.00	54.54
			Total	110.00	100.00
One to Two Year Stabilization April 1 – July 20 July 20 – October 20	22-111	Slender Wheatgrass	Elymus trachycaulus	9.00	29.50
		Perennial Ryegrass	Lolium perenne	4.50	14.76
		Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	8.50	27.86
		Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	8.50	27.88
			Total	30.50	100.00
Two to Five Year Stabilization April 1 – July 20 July 20 – October 20	22-112	Perennial Ryegrass	Lolium perenne	13.50	33.75
		Smooth Brome	Bromus inermis	6.00	14.99
		Slender Wheatgrass	Elymus trachycaulus	2.00	5.01
		Big Bluestem	Andropogon gerardii	0.50	1.25
		Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	8.50	21.25
		Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	5.50	13.74
		Alsike Clover	Trifolium hybridum	3.50	8.75
		American Vetch	Vicia americana	0.50	1.26
			Total	40.00	100.00