Seed Inventory

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 s...

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

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

Cool season, perennial sod-former with a vigorous and shallow fibrous root system. Adapted to moist or periodically moist, saline soils. Able to withstand intermittent flooding and shallow water table...

• Growing Region:  Southwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

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

Basin wildrye is a large, coarse, robust, perennial bunchgrass. Basin wildrye clumps may reach 3 feet in diameter and 3 to 6 feet tall (10 feet under excellent soil and climate conditions). The growin...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Habitat Restoration, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-4 ft

Formerly Agropyron inerme. Cool season, long-lived, drought tolerant, perennial bunchgrass adapted to a wide variety of sites but intolerant of poor drainage, high water tables and spring flooding. An...

• Growing Region:  Southwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Habitat Restoration
• Height:  1-2 ft

Formerly Poa ampla. Robust, Cool season, perennial bunchgrass with a shallow fibrous root system, sometimes spreading by short rhizomes. Occurs on a variety of sites but is intolerant of poorly draine...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Habitat Restoration, Forage and Pasture
• 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:  Erosion Control, Land Reclamation, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-4 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:  Southwest, Intermountain West, Midwest
• Blooms: 
• Life Form:  Grass

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

Cool season tufted perennial bunchgrass which is highly desirable for use in erosion control seedings. Commonly found thriving in moist meadows, woodlands, or forests at mid elevations throughout its...

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

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

Formerly Agropyron spicatum. Cool season, drought tolerant, long-lived perennial bunchgrass widely distributed and adapted to most sites including thin, non-productive soils. Extensive root system. Es...

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

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

Buffalograss is a perennial, native, low-growing, warm-season grass found in much of the central plains and intermountain regions of the United States. This versatile native specie can be used for man...

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

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

Short, Cool season, bunchy sod forming, long-lived perennial. Able to grow in harsh sites including shallow infertile soils. Good palatability to livestock and wildlife. Useful for land reclamation an...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation
• Height:  1-3 ft

Canada Wildrye is a cool-season, native bunchgrass that is distributed throughout much of the United States. This intermediate height native grass establishes fast for quick cover and valuable compone...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-2 ft

Formerly Poa canbyi. Short, Cool season, perennial bunchgrass with extensive shallow fibrous root system. Adapted to both shallow and deep soils and all soil textures; drought tolerant. Highly palatab...

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

• Application Type:  Land Reclamation, Habitat Restoration, Forage and Pasture
• Height:  1-4 ft

Formerly F. rubra commutata. Cool season, long-lived, perennial bunchgrass adapted to Cool shady areas. Not alkaline tolerant. Moderate palatability. Similar to non-native Red fescue (F. rubra) but mo...

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

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