Seed Inventory

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-dr...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-2 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 resi...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control
• Height:  1-4 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; t...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Habitat Restoration, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-3 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 fo...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-3 ft

Annual Ryegrass is an introduced, cool season bunchgrass and is commonly used alone for establishing quick cover for many applications. This versatile, very fast establishing grass is highly adaptable...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Commercial Beautification, Turf, Cover Crop, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-3 ft

Cool season, drought tolerant perennial bunchgrass with a coarse, dense fibrous root system. Most commonly found on thin, heavy soils but also occurs on deeper, coarser sites, often in association wit...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Habitat Restoration, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-2 ft

Buffalograss is the ultimate low maintenance lawn. Once established it seldom requires irrigation or fertilization. It is naturally low growing and seldom requires mowing.

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Commercial Beautification, Habitat Restoration, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  0-1 ft

Cool season, tufted, native perennial grasslike. Occurs in wet meadows, streambanks, ditchways and saturated soils from low to mid elevations. May mimic an annual by maturing and flowering in its firs...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Habitat Restoration, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-2 ft

Warm season, long-lived, perennial that spreads from rhizomes and stolons forming dense patches. Adapted to a wide variety of sites, including saline soils. Widely used for erosion control and as high...

• Growing Region:  Midwest, Intermountain West, Southeast, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest, North America
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Commercial Beautification, Turf
• Height:  1-2 ft

Big Bluestem is a warm season, bunch sod-former. It is a tall grass that is long-lived that is mostly found east of the Rocky Mountains.Star Seed offers several improved varieties including Bonilla,...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-4 ft

Warm season, drought tolerant, perennial bunchgrass adapted to various soil textures. Tolerant of alkaline and saline soils; also seasonal flooding. Found in semidesert grasslands, shrublands and wetl...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control
• Height:  4+ ft

Native perennial legume with blue to purple flowers, blooming May to September. Highly variable characteristics; occasionally rhizomatous. Prefers moist sites such as wetlands, damp forests, wet meado...

• Growing Region:  Intermountain West, California
• Blooms:  Spring, Summer
• Life Form:  Forb

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Pollinator Habitat, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-4 ft

Warm season, drought tolerant, stoloniferous perennial adapted to well-drained sandy and gravelly soils. Long-lived and considered the climax type of Southwest desert rangelands. Important forage gras...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control
• Height:  1-2 ft

Cool season, short to medium height, perennial bunchgrass adapted to a wide range of soils. Attractive light-blue color, often used as a landscape ornamental. Tolerant of drought, poor soils and road...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Commercial Beautification, Turf
• Height:  4+ ft

Blue Grama is a native perennial, warm-season grass that is found throughout the United States except many Southeastern states. Along with Buffalograss, this drought tolerant species ranks as the most...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Erosion Control, Commercial Beautification, Turf, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-2 ft