Seed Characteristics
The following table was compiled from several different sources. The values shown in the table are for planning purposes only. Local seed sources should be consulted prior to the fire season to determine the availability of erosion control seed and to localize the prescription rates based on seed purity, germination rate, and pure live seed percentages.
In the table, common names which are bold-faced and underlined are native species. Common names which are not underlined are introduced species.
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Seeds/lb |
GRASS |
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Crested wheatgrass |
Agropyron cristatum |
200,000 |
Thickspike wheatgrass |
Agropyron dasystachyum |
156,000 |
Standard crested wheatgrass |
Agropyron desertorum |
175,000 |
Tall wheatgrass |
Agropyron elongtum |
79,000 |
Beardless bluebunch wheatgrass |
Agropyron inerme |
135,000 |
Intermediate wheatgrass |
Agropyron intermedium |
100,000 |
Streambank wheatgrass |
Agropyron riparium |
170,000 |
Siberian wheatgrass |
Agropyron sibericum |
250,000 |
Western wheatgrass |
Agropyron smithii |
10,000 |
Bluebunch wheatgrass |
Agropyron spicatum |
140,000 |
Slender wheatgrass |
Agropyron trachycaulum |
160,000 |
Pubescent wheatgrass |
Agropyron trichophorum |
91,000 |
Redtop |
Agrostis alba |
4,900,000 |
Creeping bentgrass |
Agrostis palustris |
7,800,000 |
Colonial bentgrass |
Agrostis tenuis |
8,500,000 |
Creeping foxtail |
Alopecurus arundinaceus |
900,000 |
Meadow foxtail |
Alopecurus pratensis |
900,000 |
Caucasian bluestem |
Andropogen caucasicus |
1,072,000 |
Big bluestem |
Andropogen gerardi |
130,000 |
Sand bluestem |
Andropogen hallii |
113,000 |
Yellow bluestem |
Andropogen ischaemum |
479,000 |
Tall oatgrass |
Arrhenatherum elatius |
150,000 |
Sideoats grama |
Bouteloua curtipendula |
191,000 |
Black grama |
Bouteloua eriopoda |
1,355,000 |
Blue grama |
Bouteloua gracilis |
825,000 |
Meadow brome |
Bromus bierbersteinii |
80,000 |
Rescue brome |
Bromus catharticus |
62,000 |
Smooth brome |
Bromus inermis |
125,000 |
Mountain brome |
Bromus marginatus |
90,000 |
Soft chess |
Bromus mollis |
265,000 |
Alaska brome |
Bromus sitchensis |
59,000 |
Russian brome |
Bromus tomentellus |
112,000 |
Buffalograss |
Buchloc dactyloides |
56,000 |
Prairie sandreed |
Calamovilfa longifolia |
273,000 |
Bermudagrass |
Cynadon dactylon |
1,600,000 |
Orchardgrass |
Dactylis glomerata |
540,000 |
Tufted hairgrass |
Deschampsia caespitosa |
2,500,000 |
Inland saltgrass |
Distichlis stricta |
520,000 |
Altai wildrye |
Elymus angustus |
58,300 |
Canada wildrye |
Elymus canadensis |
115,000 |
Great basin wildrye |
Elymus cinereus |
165,000 |
Mammoth wildrye |
Elymus giganteus |
55,000 |
Blue wildrye |
Elymus glaucus |
131,000 |
Russian wildrye |
Elymus junceus |
170,000 |
Salina wildrye |
Elymus salinus |
379,500 |
Creeping (or beardless) wildrye |
Elymus curvula |
51,000 |
Weeping lovegrass |
Eragrostis curvula |
1,500,000 |
Boer lovegrass |
Eragrostis curvula |
2,922,000 |
Lehmann lovegrass |
Eragrostis lehmanniana |
1,463,000 |
Sand lovegrass |
Eragrostis trichodes |
1,500,000 |
Arizona fescue |
Festuca arizonica |
550,000 |
Tall fescue |
Festuca arundinacea |
227,000 |
Idaho fescue |
Festuca idahoensis |
450,000 |
Hard fescue |
Festuca longifolia |
565,000 |
Foxtail (or Zorro) fescue |
Festuca megalura |
412,000 |
Sheep fescue |
Festuca ovina |
680,000 |
Red fescue |
Festuca rubra |
615,000 |
Rough fescue |
Festuca scabrella |
200,000 |
Thurber fescue |
Festuca thurberi |
995,000 |
Galleta |
Ililaria jamesii |
59,000 |
Prairie junegrass |
Koeleria cristata |
2,315,400 |
Annual ryegrass |
Lolium multiflorum |
217,000 |
Perennial ryegrass |
Lolium perennei |
247,000 |
Spike muhly |
Muhlengergia wrightii |
1,600,000 |
Indian ricegrass |
Oryzopsis hymenoides |
235,000 |
Blue or giant panicum |
Panicum obtusum |
679,000 |
Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum |
389,000 |
Reed canarygrass |
Phalaris arundinacea |
506,000 |
Timothy |
Phleum pratense |
1,300,000 |
Alphine bluegrass |
Poa alpinum |
1,000,000 |
Big bluegrass |
Poa ampla |
882,000 |
Bulbous bluegrass |
Poa bulbosa |
450,000 |
Canby bluegrass |
Poa canbyi |
926,000 |
Canada bluegrass |
Poa compressa |
2,500,000 |
Alkali bluegrass |
Poa juncifolia |
1,000,000 |
Nevada bluegrass |
Poa nevadensis |
1,082,000 |
Kentucky bluegrass |
Poa pratensis |
2,177,000 |
Sandberg bluegrass |
Poa sandbergii |
925,000 |
Alkaligrass |
Puccinellia distanus |
1,200,000 |
Mediterranean grass |
Schismus barbatus |
4,000,000 |
Little bluestem |
Schizachyrium scoparium |
260,000 |
Cereal Rye |
Secale cereale |
18,000 |
Bottlebrush squirreltail |
Sitanion hystrix |
192,000 |
Johnson grass |
Sorghum halepense |
118,000 |
Alkali sacaton |
Sporobolus airoides |
1,750,000 |
Sand dropseed |
Sporobolus cryptandrus |
5,298,000 |
Giant dropseed |
Sporobolus giganteus |
1,723,000 |
Columbia needlegrass |
Stipa columianal |
50,000 |
Needle and thread |
Stipa comata |
115,000 |
Letterman needlegrass |
Stipa letermani |
150,000 |
Green needlegrass |
Stipa viridula |
181,000 |
LEGUMES |
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Cicer mikvetch |
Astragalus cicer |
45,000 |
Crownvetch |
Coronilla varia |
110,000 |
Beachpea |
Lathyrus japonicus |
12,000 |
Flat pea |
Lathyrus sylvestris |
15,000 |
Birdsfoot trefoil |
Lotus corniculatus |
470,000 |
Narrowleaf trefoil |
Lotus tenuis |
485,000 |
Big trefoil |
Lotus uliginosus |
1,000,000 |
Alfalfa |
Medicago sativa |
210,000 |
White sweetclover |
Melilotus alba |
262,000 |
Yellow sweetclover |
Melilotus officinalis |
260,000 |
Sainfoin |
Onobrychis viciaefolia |
18,000 |
Strawberry clover |
Trifolium fragiferum |
300,000 |
Rose clover |
Trifolium hirtum |
140,000 |
Alsike clover |
Trifolium hybridum |
682,000 |
Red clover |
Trifolium pratense |
281,000 |
White dutch clover |
Trifolium repens |
800,000 |
Ladino clover |
Trifolium repens latum |
800,000 |
Wooly pod vetch |
Vicia dasycarpa |
11,000 |
Hairy vetch |
Vicia villosa |
20,000 |