Common Name |
Scientific Name |
LB/AC |
PLS/SQFT |
% PLS |
Seed/LB |
Lifeform |
Duration |
Legume |
Pollinator Value |
Benefits to Pollinators |
Pollinators |
Flowering Month |
Height (Ft.) |
Commercially Available |
Indian Ricegrass | Stipa hymenoides | 5 | 13 | 85.46 | 137200 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | None Known | | Wind | Apr-Jul | 1.2-2.3 | Yes |
Big Sagebrush | Artemisia tridentata | 5 | 6 | 17.15 | 301334 | 02_Shrub | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | High | Adult Food; Larval Food; Nesting and Structure (Bees) | Native Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Moth); Wind | Jul-Aug | 3-15 | Yes |
Junegrass | Koeleria macrantha | 1 | 13 | 25 | 2300000 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | Medium | Larval Food; Nesting and Structure (Bees) | Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Wind | May–Jun | 0.7-2.3 | Yes |
Lupine | Lupinus argenteus | 2 | 1 | 67.09 | 18160 | 08_Forb | Perennial<3Yr | No | Very High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly) | Aug-Sep | 0.3-5 | Yes |
Rydbergs Penstemon | Penstemon rydbergii | 0 | 9 | 81.84 | 1816000 | 08_Forb | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | Very High | Adult Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Hummingbirds | Jul-Aug | 1-3 | Yes |
Antelope Bitterbrush | Purshia tridentata | 5 | 2 | 78.96 | 16580 | 02_Shrub | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | Very High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth) | Feb-Mar | 2-10 | Yes |
Sixweeks Fescue | Festuca octoflora | 1 | 35 | 96.04 | 1600000 | 10_TrueGrass | Annual | Yes | | | | Mar-Jun | 2 | Yes |