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Specification Details

Mix Type AnnGrass--PerGrass / AnnForb--PerForb / Shrub
Spec Notes Pioneer species of a context Montane assemblage

Species Included

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
Blue Wildrye Elymus glaucus 10 19 80.61 100000 10_TrueGrass Perennial<3Yr Yes None Known - Wind May–Jul 1-5 Yes
Western Yarrow Achillea millefolium 0 24 76.61 2700000 08_Forb Perennial>3Yr Yes Very High Adult Food; Larval Food; Nesting and Structure (Bees) Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Moth) Apr-Aug 1-3 Yes
Giant Needlegrass Stipa coronata 10 19 81.00 100000 10_TrueGrass Perennial>3Yr Yes - - - Apr-Jun 3.5-7 Yes
California Brome Bromus carinatus 10 19 83.30 100000 10_TrueGrass Perennial>3Yr Yes None Known - Wind Feb-Mar 1-5 Yes
California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum 5 3 6.50 450000 02_Shrub Perennial>3Yr Yes Very High Adult Food; Larval Food Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth) Apr-Sep 2-6.5 Yes
California Matchweed Gutierrezia californica 1 20 25.00 3450000 03_SubShrub Perennial>3Yr Yes Low Larval Food Larval Host (Moth) May-Oct 1-2 Yes
Deerweed Acmispon glaber 2 12 82.93 315800 03_SubShrub Perennial>3Yr No High Adult Food; Larval Food Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth) Mar–Aug 1.6-3 Yes
Nodding Needlegrass Nassella cernua 5 22 96.50 200000 10_TrueGrass Perennial>3Yr Yes None Known - Wind Feb-Jul 1.7-3.3 Yes