Grassland Bird and Pollinator Seed Mix - 500 sq ft
Perfect for properties near wildlands, open fields, and farmland, our flower-heavy seed mix contains 40% mixed-height native grasses and 60% all the best pollinator and bird-feeding flowers. Mixed-height plantings are a preferred habitat for grassland birds and facilitate pollinator foraging.
 
Sun/ Shade: Full sun to dappled part-day shade
Moisture:  moderate
Bloom/Pollinator Support Period:
Early-Middle - Late
Other Wildlife Support:
Grasshopper Sparrows, Henslow's Sparrows, Upland Sandpipers, Bobolinks, and Eastern Meadowlarks
 
Species included: 
Andropogon gerardii    Big bluestem
Bouteloua curtipendula    Side oats grama
Carex bicknellii    Copper-shouldered oval sedge
Elymus canadensis    Canada wild rye
Panicum virgatum    Switch grass
Schizachyrium scoparium    Little bluestem  
Sorghastrum nutans    Indian grass
Sporobolus heterolepis    Prairie dropseed
Asclepias tuberosa    Butterfly weed
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea     Cream wild indigo
Chamaecrista fasciculata    Partridge pea
Coreopsis lanceolata    Lance-leaved coreopsis
Coreopsis palmata    Prairie coreopsis
Dalea purpurea    Purple prairie clover
Echinacea pallida    Pale purple coneflower
Heliopsis helianthoides    False sunflower
Lupinus perennis    Wild lupine
Monarda fistulosa    Bee balm
Monarda punctata    Horse mint
Oligoneuron rigidum    Stiff goldenstar
Parthenium integrifolium    Wild quinine
Penstemon digitalis    Foxglove beard tongue
Physostegia virginiana     Obedient Plant
Potentilla arguta    Prairie cinquefoil
Ratibida pinnata    Yellow coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta    Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia subtomentosa    Sweet black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba    Brown-eyed susan
Silphium integrifolium    Rosin weed
Silphium laciniatum    Compass plant
Silphium terebinthinaceum    Prairie dock
Solidago nemoralis    Early goldenstar
Symphyotrichum laeve    Smooth blue aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense    Sky-blue aster
Tradescantia ohiensis    Bluejacket
Verbena stricta    Hoary vervain
Zizia aptera    Heart-leaved golden Alexanders
 and rice hull carrier.
 
Minor substitutions of similar species may be made based on availability.