IL HEL Pollinator


This mix of 39 species meets and exceeds the USDA FSA NRCS 327/420 standard for the CRP CP42 Pollinator Habitat practice on sites with slopes greater than 5% and is eligible for most other 327/420 practices including SAFE practices and is appropriate for mesic to dry-mesic sites.  Click on the PDF below to view the species and rates in the Illinois Seed Calculator.  Updated 1/11/2024

Includes (#s/ac): Sideoats grama (local, vns) (0.5), Sedge, Fox (0.02), Sand lovegrass (0.02), Junegrass, Prairie (0.02), Bluestem, Little (VNS) (0.64), Dropseed, Tall Composite (Rough) (0.2), Leadplant (0.03), Milkvetch, Canada (0.15), Partridge Pea (0.26), Prairie Clover, White (0.1), Prairie Clover, Purple (0.2), Illinois Bundleflower (Prairie Mimosa) (0.5), Clover, Crimson (0.2), Milkweed, Common (0.031), Milkweed, Butterfly (Butterflyweed) (0.02), Indigo, Blue Wild (0.01), Aster, False (White Doll's Daisy) (0.02), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (sand) (0.3), Coneflower, Purple (0.25), Sunflower, False (Oxeye) (0.1), Alum Root (0.002), Blazingstar, Marsh (Dense) (0.02), Bergamot, Wild (Prairie Beebalm) (0.1), Goldenrod, Stiff (Rigid) (0.02), Beardtongue, Foxglove (Smooth penstemon) (0.03), Cinquefoil, prairie (potentilla) (0.02), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (Slender) (0.015), Mint, Mountain (Common) (Virginia) (0.006), Coneflower, Grayheaded (Yellow) (0.1), Susan, Black-eyed (0.13), Susan, Brown-eyed (0.15), Goldenrod, Gray (Field) (Old Field) (0.01), Aster, Smooth Blue (0.01), Aster, Calico (0.01), Aster, New England (0.01), Spiderwort, Ohio (Common) (0.006), Vervain, Hoary (0.1), Culver's Root (0.002), and Alexander, Golden (0.07).


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