This mix is designed to meet the "Southern Michigan Pheasant and Monarch Recovery CRP SAFE" CP38E program requirements for the CP2, CP4D, and CP33 conservation practices. It includes 7 species of native grass at 4.3 #s/ac and 23 species of native forbs totaling 2.06 #s/ac for a total of 40.193 seeds per square foot. Forbs include 17 species rated high or very high for monarchs comprising 85.5% of the wildflower seeds and include multiple species per bloom period. 2 milkweed species comprise 1.02% of the forb seeds per square foot and no forb species is greater than 15% of the forb mix by weight or exceeds 6 seeds/ft2. Total PLS seeding rate is 6.36 lbs. per acre. Updated 1/5/2026
Includes (#s/ac): Bluestem, Big (VNS) (1.2), Sideoats grama (local, vns) (0.3), Wildrye, Virginia (0.5), Switchgrass (Dacotah) (0.5), Bluestem, Little (VNS) (0.8), Indiangrass (local or vns) (0.96), Dropseed, Sand (0.04), 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).
