Enhanced Prairie Mix
This species mix consists of conservative prairie wildflowers with a C-value of 5 or more, or currently present but only in small numbers. Seeding of these species will be restricted to Priority I locations until they are firmly established and can then serve as a seed source.
Species | Common Name | C-Value
|
Wetland | Baseline
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New Workzone
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Seeded
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Target Workzone
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Workzones |
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Wildflowers | ||||||||
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | 7 | FACU | - | - | - | 5 | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | 8 | UPL | - | 1 | - | 4 | |
Astragalus canadensis | Canada Milkvetch | 8 | FAC | - | - | - | 5 | |
Cirsium discolor | Pasture Thistle | 3 | UPL | - | 1 | - | 4 | |
Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | 9 | UPL | - | 1 | - | 4 | |
Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower | 3 | FACU | - | 1 | - | 4 | |
Drymocallis arguta | Prairie Cinquefoil | 10 | FACU | - | - | - | 5 | |
Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower | 10 | UPL | - | - | - | 5 | |
Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master | 9 | FAC | - | 2 | - | 3 | |
Euthamia graminifolia | Grass-leaved Goldenrod | 4 | FAC | - | - | 1 | 4 | |
Lespedeza capitata | Round-headed Bush Clover | 4 | FACU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Liatris aspera | Rough Blazingstar | 8 | UPL | - | - | - | 5 | |
Liatris spicata | Marsh Blazingstar | 7 | FAC | - | - | - | 5 | |
Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine | 8 | UPL | - | - | 1 | 4 | |
Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower | 8 | FACU | - | 3 | - | 2 | |
Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Dock | 5 | FAC | - | - | - | 5 | |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod | 8 | UPL | - | - | - | 5 | |
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Sky Blue Aster | 8 | UPL | - | - | - | 5 | |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | 8 | FAC | - | - | 1 | 4 | |
Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders | 5 | FAC | - | - | 1 | 4 |
Workzone Map
Below is the map of all the target workzones.
![](map_prairie2.jpg)