Mix 280 - Array Pollinator Mix
The Array Pollinator Mix was designed to be used on solar farms that want to provide maximum benefit for pollinators. This mix provides a highly diverse blend of native grasses and wildflowers to benefits several pollinators such as honey bees, butterflies, moths and songbirds. This mix can be used inside of the arrays and under the panels with ideally 24-48" heights, and mid season mows can be used for height management. This mix will score very high on a state's solar scorecards. For utility scale solar with several hundred or thousands of acres utilize this mix for budgeting purposes but call or email us for a custom blend that better suits your site and species availability. Planting Rate: 9.86 - 12.32 lbs. per acre ** The composition of the mix shown above is subject to change without notice due to seed availability. Substitutions are selected based on similar plant characteristics. If the exact individual species are critical to your planting needs, please contact us to ensure that we can fill your request without substitution. **
Mix Table
Specifications
Common Name | Botanical Name | PLS Oz/Lb |
Side Oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | 3.2480 |
Nimblewill | Muhlenbergia schreberi | 0.2030 |
Upland Bentgrass | Agrostis perennans | 0.0510 |
Virginia Wildrye | Elymus virginicus | 1.6230 |
Beaked Panicgrass | Coleataenia anceps | 0.4060 |
Frank's Sedge | Carex frankii | 0.5070 |
Fox Sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | 0.1010 |
Tall Dropseed | Sporobolus compositus | 0.8110 |
Little Barley | Hordeum pusillum | 1.6230 |
Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 1.6230 |
River Oats | Chasmanthium latifolium | 0.4060 |
Blackeyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | 0.3040 |
Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | 0.0640 |
Blue False Indigo | Baptisia australis | 0.2640 |
Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | 0.3040 |
Smooth Aster | Symphyotrichum laevis | 0.0760 |
Heath Aster | Symphyotrichum pilosum | 0.0300 |
Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | 0.8110 |
Lance-Leaved Coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata | 0.7100 |
Illinois Bundleflower | Desmanthus illinoensis | 0.8110 |
Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 1.2170 |
Plains Coreopsis | Coreopsis tinctoria | 0.2030 |
Lemon Mint | Monarda citriodora | 0.2030 |
Smooth Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | 0.1370 |
Virginia Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | 0.0300 |
Hoary Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum incanum | 0.0300 |
Slender Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | 0.0300 |
Gray Goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | 0.0510 |
Sand Dropseed | Sporobolus cryptandrus | 0.1230 |