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CODE: A 5 digit item code is needed to order items from our catalog. The first 3 digits designate each individual variety and can be found in column 1 under the CODE designation. The remaining 2 digits designate the size of the package. Please add the appropriate 2 digit size code when ordering grass seeds: 1/2 oz. = 08, 1 oz. = 09, 1/4 lb. = 11, 1/2 lb. = 12, 1 lb. = 13, 5 lbs. = 15. 50 lbs. = 20.
N/I: N = Native to the Mountain West. I = Introduced to the Mountain West. Many are naturalized, common and widespread enough to be mistaken as native.
HEIGHT: Height of grass blades/Height of flowering stalks.
B/S: B = Bunch grasses form separate, independent clumps if unattended in the wild. Bunches can be planted closely together to create tightly knit sod as in the case of hard of sheep fescue. Usually this requires supplemental water and ocasional fertilizer. S = Sod forming grasses naturally form a carpet-like turf.
PRECIP: Minimum annual inches of rainfall to establish without irrigation.
SOIL: Preferred soil or soil limitations.
LB/AC: Recommended pounds of seed per acre seeding rate for large reclamation areas.
LB/M: Recommended pounds of seed per 1,000 square feet for smaller, backyard-sized landscape areas.
| CODE | NAME/LATIN NAME | N/I | HEIGHT | B/S | PRECIP | SOIL | LB/AC | LB/M |
| 767 | Bluegrass, Alpine Poa alpinum |
N | 3/9" | B | 12 | Prefers moist, well-drained, loamy soil. | 5 | 0.5 |
| 793 | Bluegrass, Canadian Poa compressa |
I | 6/18" | S | 10 | Tolerates the widest range of soils. | 20 | 1.5 |
| 754 | Bluegrass, Canby Poa canbyi |
N | 6/18" | B | 10 | Wide range. | 5 | 0.5 |
| 790 | Bluegrass, Kentucky Poa pratensis |
N | 8/20" | S | 16 | Prefers, slightly moist, well-drained soils. | 10 | 0.7 |
| 773 | Bluegrass, Sandberg Poa sandbergii |
N | 8/20" | B | 8 | Wide range, including poor soils. | 10 | 0.7 |
| 768 | Bottlebrush Squirreltail Sitanion hystrix |
N | 6/12" | B | 8 | Wide range. | 20 | 1.5 |
| 757 | Brome, Mountain Bromus marginatus |
N | 16/40" | B | 14 | Wide range of well-drained soils. | 15 | 1 |
| 788 | Brome, Smooth Bromus inermis |
N | 12/36" | B | 12 | Wide range of deep, well-drained soils. | 12 | 1 |
| 756 | Buffalo Grass Buchloe dactyloides |
N | 4/8" | S | 12 | Tolerates somewhat clayey soils. | 15 | 1 |
| 799 | Fescue, Blue Festuca ovina, glauca |
N | 8/18" | B | 12 | Wide range. | 20 | 1.5 |
| 786 | Fescue, Hard Festuca longifolia. |
I | 8/18" | B | 16 | Well-drained soils. | 20 | 1.5 |
| 760 | Fescue, Idaho Festuca idahoensis |
N | 8/36" | B | 10 | Wide range. | 20 | 1.5 |
| 761 | Fescue, Red Festuca rubra |
I | 10/24" | S | 20 | Tolerates poor soils and shade. | 20 | 1.5 |
| 792 | Fescue, Sheep Festuca ovina |
N | 18/18" | B | 10 | Wide range. | 20 | 1.5 |
| 771 | Indian Ricegrass Oryzopsis hymenoides |
N | 8/24" | B | 8 | Sharply-drained, | 15 | 1 |
| 765 | Needle & Thread Stipa comata |
N | 12/36" | B | 10 | Prefers sandy,gravely soils. | 15 | 1 |
| 775 | Redtop Agrostis alba |
I | 8/30" | S | 18 | Prefers damp or wet, slightly acidic soil. | 2 | 0.2 |
| 783 | Rye, Cereal Secale cereale |
I | 10/40" | S | 12 | Tolerates a wide range of soils. | 100 | 7 |
| 789 | Ryegrass, Annual Lolium multiflorum |
I | 6/24" | S | 12 | Wide range. | 40 | 3 |
| 776 | Wheatgrass, Bluebunch Agropyron spicatum |
N | 12/24" | B | 10 | Wide range of well-drained soils. | 15 | 1 |
| 751 | Wheatgrass, Siberian Agropyron sibericum |
I | 12/24" | B | 8 | Prefers light, well-drained soils. | 15 | 1 |
| 750 | Wheatgrass, Streambank Agropyron riparium |
N | 12/28" | S | 11 | Wide range, including heavy soils. | 15 | 1 |
| 753 | Wildrye, Great Basin Elymus cinereus |
N | 24/60" | B | 8 | Wide range of soils including alkaline. | 20 | 1.5 |

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