This mix is designed to meet the "Southern Michigan Pheasant and Monarch Recovery CRP SAFE" CP38E program requirements for the CP2, CP4D and CP33 habitat practices. It includes 7 species of native grass at 3.53 #s/ac and 23 species of native forbs totaling 2.06 #s/ac with a total of 35.08 seeds per square foot. 17 forb species are rated high or very high for monarchs and comprise 85% of the forb seeds per square foot and include multiple species per bloom period. There are 2 milkweed species that comprising 1.02% of the forb seeds in this mix. No one forb species is greater than 15% of the forb mix by weight or exceeds 6 seeds/ft2. The total PLS seeding rate is 5.586 lbs. per acre. Updated 1/5/2026
Includes (#s/ac): Bluestem, Big (VNS) (1), Sideoats grama (local, vns) (0.3), Wildrye, Virginia (0.5), Switchgrass (Dacotah) (0.3), Bluestem, Little (VNS) (0.7), Indiangrass (local or vns) (0.7), Dropseed, Sand (0.03), Leadplant (0.05), Senna, Wild (American) (0.05), Partridge Pea (0.3), Prairie Clover, Purple (0.1), Milkweed, Swamp (Marsh) (0.055), Milkweed, Common (0.06), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (sand) (0.25), Coneflower, Purple (0.15), Sunflower, Annual (0.26), Sunflower, Maximillian (0.25), Sunflower, False (Oxeye) (0.15), Bergamot, Wild (Prairie Beebalm) (0.04), Goldenrod, Stiff (Rigid) (0.03), Beardtongue, Foxglove (Smooth penstemon) (0.01), Cinquefoil, prairie (potentilla) (0.01), Mint, Mountain (Common) (Virginia) (0.003), Coneflower, Grayheaded (Yellow) (0.05), Susan, Black-eyed (0.174), Susan, Brown-eyed (0.01), Aster, Heath (0.002), Aster, New England (0.02), Vervain, Hoary (0.03), and Culver's Root (0.002).
