NativeSeed Group Inventory

This is an annual grass that grows between 1 to 2 feet tall. It is used for habitat restoration and as a cover crop. This grass prefers full sun and is typically found in grasslands, prairies, and disturbed areas.

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West, California
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• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  0-1 ft

Cool season, stout, rhizomatous, native, grass-like perennial occurring in wet alkaline or saline soils in meadows, marshes or near waterways. Valuable for providing cover for waterfowl and shore birds. Recommended for reclamation of mud flats, bogs, or other areas adjacent to shallow or stagnant water.

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, California
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grasslike

• Application Type:  Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  1-3 ft

Warm season, perennial bunchgrass with an extensive fibrous root system. Performs best on deep, moist, fine textured soils but will persist on coarser soils on dry sites. Tolerant of a wide range of soil pH. Capable of thriving on both saline and non-saline sites, sometimes becoming abundant. Versatile, tolerant of both drought and water inundation once established. Recommended for seeding disturbed saline soils and as a soil binder. Palatable to livestock and wildlife and provides valuable cover and food for birds, jackrabbits and other small mammals. Tolerant of moderate grazing.  

• Growing Region:  Intermountain West, Southwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  1-2 ft

A blend of grass species designed to grow in difficult alkaline soil conditions. Alkaline soils are typically high pH clays (≥ 8.5) with poor particle structure and low capacity for water infiltration and drainage due to the presence of sodium carbonate. Use in either irrigated or dryland applications.

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest
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• Application Type:  Agriculture Products, Agriculture Products
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All Star BMR Pearl Millet All Star BMR Pearl Millet is a hybrid brachytic dwarf BMR and a summer annual forage grass suited best for grazing or hay. Classified as a tall growing warm season grass, with stems that grow in thick clumps with abundant leaves 1 ½ to 2 inches wide.  Plant late May through July For best results, plant when soil temperatures reach 60 degrees Planting rates drilled: Dryland 10-20 LBS/Acre, Irrigated 20-28 LBS/Acre Planting depths of 1/2 to 1 inch deep High palatability when grazed 4-6 weeks after planting Hay at approximately three feet before seed heads develop

• Growing Region:  North America
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Agriculture Products, Agriculture Products, Agricultural Products
• Height:  4+ ft

 All Star Hybrid Pearl Millet is a summer annual grass best suited for grazing or haying. This tall growing, warm season grass has stems that grow in thick clumps with abundant leaves 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide. Because it does not produce prussic acid, it is safer t0 graze than Sorghum Sudangrass, particularly horses. Product Tech Sheet Related ProductsBrutis Forage SorghumPacker Forage SorghumDrylander Sorghum SudangrassGreen Field  Well suited for poor or infertile soils Performs well infertile soils, if fertilized initially High palatability due to the fine stems and leafy characteristics Hay when the plants reach at least three feet Graze as soon as 4-6 weeks after planting Planting dates from late May through July Planting rates drilled: Dryland - 10-20 LBS per Acre Drilled _ Irrigated - 20-28 LBS per Acre Drilled For best results seed when soil temperatures reach 60 degrees

• Growing Region:  North America
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Agriculture Products, Agriculture Products, Agricultural Products
• Height:  4+ ft

Short, densely tufted, Cool season perennial bunchgrass adapted to subalpine and alpine slopes and meadows. Wide variety of soils from clay to gravel. Leaves form a dense mat providing good soil cover. Good palatability for wildlife but does not produce a lot of forage. Useful for revegetating high elevation rangelands

• Growing Region:  Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  0-1 ft

Short, Cool season, perennial native bunchgrass sometimes forming a sod. Occurs at high elevations in northern latitudes from 4,000-12,500 ft. Prefers mountain meadows, bogs and streambanks in well-drained to poorly drained soils. Provides good forage that stays green throughout the summer and late season. Used to revegetate roadsides, ski slopes and mines. 

• Growing Region:  Southeast, Midwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Agriculture Products, Erosion Control, Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  1-2 ft

Medium statured, relatively short-lived nitrogen-fixing perennial legume with pale pink to white flowers. Not a hybrid, despite its name. Adapted to a wide range of soil types, including sites too acidic for Red clover (T. pratense); more alkaline tolerant than most clovers. Prefers wet sites, tolerating waterlogged soils and up to six weeks of flooding. Winter hardy, able to survive at northern latitudes and high elevations. Use for hay, pasture and soil improvement on Cool, wet sites. Plant with Timothy (Phleum pratense) or Meadow brome (Bromopsis biebersteinii) to improve hay production and prevent lodging. Excellent nectar and pollen source for bees, especially honeybees. 

• Growing Region:  Midwest, Southeast, Intermountain West, Northeast, Southwest, Pacific Northwest
• Blooms:  Spring, Summer, Fall
• Life Form:  Legume

• Application Type:  Agriculture Products, Agriculture Products
• Height:  1-4 ft

Formerly Elymus angustus. Robust, Cool season, long-lived, perennial bunchgrass with short creeping rhizomes. Well adapted to loam and clay soils, drought tolerant and extremely salt and alkaline resistant. Excellent winter hardiness. Root system may extend to 14 ft. below the surface, making it useful for soil stabilization. Excellent forage, especially in winter when plants stand above the snow surface available for grazing. Nearly as productive as Tall wheatgrass (Thinopyrum ponticum) on saline soils.

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Agriculture Products, Erosion Control, Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  1-4 ft

Acmispon amiericanus is a native annual herb in the Fabaceae (Legume) family that grows in Northern, Southern and Central California in most habitats except desert. It tends to grow in streambanks and wet places, at elevations from sea level to 7,900 feet, often in disturbed areas. As with other members of this genus, it is not often used in gardens but is useful for restoration projects.

• Growing Region:  California, Southwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Forb

• Application Type:  Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  0-1 ft

Cool season, rhizomatous, native perennial that occurs in wetlands, streambanks, marshes and ditches. Requires wet to moist soils; withstands periods of submersion. Grows rapidly. Important wetland food and habitat source for waterfowl, muskrats and deer throughout its range.

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Southeast
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  1-3 ft

Cool season, robust annual or short-lived perennial that may develop short rhizomes. Commonly occurs on wet sites such as ponds, swamps, ditch banks, shallow marshes and sloughs. Prefers clay soils; tolerant of saline soils. Shallow-rooted and able to colonize denuded wetland soils, making it excellent for riparian reclamation. Seeds are eaten by migratory birds. Palatable and frequently used for hay or grazing. 

• Growing Region:  Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West, Northeast, Midwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Agriculture Products, Erosion Control, Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  1-3 ft

Moderate water requirements, full sun to partial shade. Bluish-purple flowers bloom April through July. Excellent palatability for wildlife and all classes of livestock. Native rhizomatous climbing perennial legume with purple flowers, blooming April to August. Very drought tolerant and widely adaptable, occurring in moist to dry soils of forest openings, meadows, shrublands and streambanks; up to 12,000 ft. elevation. Use for habitat restoration, mining reclamation, arid rangelands and roadsides. Increases following fire. Excellent palatability for all wildlife and ungulates. Important for native pollinators, including wild bees. Larval host of the Western blue tailed butterfly.

• Growing Region:  Midwest, Pacific Northwest
• Blooms:  Spring, Summer
• Life Form:  Forb

• Application Type:  Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  0-1 ft

Cool season, rhizomatous, native perennial grasslike common in many western states. Occurs in saturated soils of wet meadows and springs, from foothills to moderate elevations up to 9,000 ft. Often found on gentle slopes below seeps and on flat areas next to streams, sometimes in dense stands. Tolerates partial shade. Well-adapted to soils rich in organic matter but also to fine-textured saturated mineral soils. Useful for wetland and riparian restoration. 

• Growing Region:  Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Conservation Products, Conservation Products
• Height:  1-3 ft