This mix is designed to meet the Michigan Monarch Pollinator program requirements for the CSP or EQIP Monarch pollinator habitat practice and would also meet the CRP or EQIP CP42 Pollinator Practice. It includes 7 species of native grass at 2.03 #s/ac and 23 species of native forbs totaling 2.65 #s/ac. This mix has 17 species rated high or very high for monarchs comprising 81.27% of the wildflower seeds, includes at least 3 forb species per bloom period, and has 2 milkweed species comprising 1.5% of the PLS seeds for the total mix. The mix is 60.33% PLS Forbs and 39.67 PLS Grasses and No one forb species is greater than 15% of the mix by weight or exceeds 6 seeds/ft2. The total mix PLS seeding rate is 4.68 lbs per acre. Updated 1/5/2026
MI Monarch Pollinator Mix (CSP, EQIP, and CRP-CP42):
Includes (#s/ac): Sideoats grama (local, vns) (0.3), Sedge, Fox (0.05), Wildrye, Virginia (0.58), Junegrass, Prairie (0.045), Bluestem, Little (VNS) (1), Dropseed, Sand (0.025), Dropseed, Prairie (0.03), Leadplant (0.1), Senna, Wild (American) (0.06), Partridge Pea (0.35), Prairie Clover, Purple (0.11), Milkweed, Swamp (Marsh) (0.2), Milkweed, Common (0.2), (), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (sand) (0.25), Coneflower, Purple (0.2), Sunflower, Annual (0.26), Sunflower, Maximillian (0.25), Sunflower, False (Oxeye) (0.2), Bergamot, Wild (Prairie Beebalm) (0.04), Goldenrod, Stiff (Rigid) (0.03), Beardtongue, Foxglove (Smooth penstemon) (0.02), Cinquefoil, prairie (potentilla) (0.01), Mint, Mountain (Common) (Virginia) (0.006), Coneflower, Grayheaded (Yellow) (0.07), Susan, Black-eyed (0.174), Susan, Brown-eyed (0.065), Aster, Heath (0.006), Aster, New England (0.03), Vervain, Hoary (0.06), and Culver's Root (0.004).
