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Recommended salt tolerant mixes

Salt tolerant seed mixes
Two seed mixes that have some salt tolerance include the short species mix on the left side of the table and the tall grass prairie on the right side of the table.
Short species mix (plant height ~ 18-inches)1 Mix 10B (western Tall Grass Prairie, plant height > 18-inches)2 
Common Name Scientific Name # Pounds Percentage Common Name Scientific Name # Pounds Percentage
Grama Sideoats Bouteloua Curtipendula 4.80 8.00% Bluestem Big Andropogon Gerardi 1.80 6.00%
Grama Blue Bouteloua Graciis 3.60 6.00% Grama Sideoats Bouteloua Curtipendula 2.40 8.00%
Prairie Clover Purple Dalea Purpureum 1.20 2.00% Wildrye Canada Elymus Canadensis 1.80 6.00%
Wildrye Canada Elymus Canadensis 2.40 4.00% Wheat Grass Slender Elymus Trachycaulus 1.20 4.00%
Wheat Grass Slender Elymus Trachycaulus 3.60 6.00% Wheat Grass Western Elytrigia SmithA 0.60 2.00%
Rye Grass Annual Lolium Talicum 4.80 8.00% Rye Grass Annual Lolium Talicum 3.00 10.00%
Wheat Winter Talicum Aestivum 15.60 26.00% Wheat Winter Talicum Aestivum 10.20 34.00%
Bluegrass Canada PCA Compressa 7.20 12.00 Forbes F-1 or F-2 N/A 1.50 5.00%
Grass Alkali Puccinella Distans 9.60 16.00% Switchgrass Wild Type Panicum Virgatum 0.30 1.00%
Bluestem Little Schizachyrium Scoparium 6.00 10.00% Bluestem Little Schizachyrium Scoparium 3.00 10.00%
Dropseed Sand Sporobolus Cryptandrus 1.20 2.00%X Indian Grass Sorghastrum Nutans 3.00 10.00%
  Needle Grass Green Stipa Viridula 1.20 4.00%
Totals 60.00 100.00% Totals 30.00 100.00%
Pounds of cover crop to be bagged separately (Tech Memo 04-09-ENV-02) 78.00 lb Pounds of cover crop to be bagged separately (Tech Memo 04-09-ENV-02 51.0 lb
1DESCRIPTION: Combination native and turf mix. Reaches a height of approximately 18 inches. For use in urban 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) 
2Mixture 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)
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