Native and Reclamation Seed
Our native seed experts know this business and work in it every day. Native species are the key to effectively reclaiming areas damaged during construction of roads, golf courses, parks, mining and energy projects. We have the quality control to ensure that our products are the best. We own Canada's largest privately held seed laboratory where our lab technicians are specifically trained and certified to work with our native species product lineup. This is our quality assurance to everyone we work with.
Click on the species name below for more information on that particular variety.
Species:
•Clover •Vetch •Alkaligrass •Bluegrass •Bromegrass •Fescues
•Dryland •Wetland •Wheatgrass •Wildrye •Others
Clover
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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White Prairie Clover |
• Native to central Canada |
Tap root | Acidic, neutral and basic |
Light sandy and medium loamy |
278,000 | 24"-36" |
Purple Prarie Clover (Dalea purpureum var. purpureum) |
• Flowers attract pollinators |
Tap root | Neutral | Medium to moderatly fine |
210,000 | 12"-24" |
Vetch
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit |
Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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AmericanVetch (Vicia americana) |
• Highly palatable |
Tap root | Neutral to acidic | Medium to moderately fine, | 33,000 | 12"-26" |
Canada Milkvetch (Astragalus canandensis) |
• Great for bees |
Rhizomatous | Neutral | Medium to moderately fine, moderately course | 226,000 | 12"-40" |
Hairy Vetch (Introduced) (Vicia villosa) |
• Introduced species not native |
Tap root | Neutral | Sandy clay | 20,000 | 12"-24" |
Alkaligrass
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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Fults Alkaligrass (Introduced) (Puccinellia distans) |
• Introduced species |
Rhizomatous | Basic to neutral | Moderately fine, moderately coarse | 1,200,000 | 12"-24" |
Inland Saltgrass (Distichlis spicta) |
• Useful salt-tolerant native grass |
Rhizomatous | Saline to alkaline | Moderately fine to medium | 520,000 | 12"-24" |
Bluegrasses
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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Alpine Bluegrass (Poa alpina) |
• Colonizies disturbances |
Bunchgrass | Acidic to alkaline | Clay soils to well drained gravel | 1,000,000 | 2"-5" |
CanadaBluegrass(Introduced) (Poa compressa) |
•Introduced species |
Rhizomatous | Neutral, acidic, basic | Moderately fine to moderately coarse | 2,500,000 | 6"-12" |
Fowl Bluegrass (Poa palustris) |
• Native to wet marshlands |
Bunch to weak sod forming | Acidic to neutral | Peat soils to clay | 3,156,000 | 12"-24" |
Sandberg Bluegrass (Poa secunda ssp. Sandbergii) |
• Early green up in spring |
Bunchgrass | Neutral, basic, acidic | Moderately coarse, medium, moderately fine | 1,047,000 | 5"-11" |
Bromegrass
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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Fringed Brome (Bromus ciliatus) |
• Excellent for roadside ditches |
Bunchgrass | Neutral, acidic, basic | Medium, moderately coarse, moderately fine | 236,000 | 18"36" |
Mountain Brome (Bromus marginatus) |
• Rapid seed development |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to basic | Medium to moderately fine | 64,000 | 24"-36" |
Nodding Brome (Bromus anomalus) |
• Preferred forage by elk |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to basic | Coarse | 142,800 | 5"-12" |
Fescues
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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Rocky Mountain Fescue (saximontana) |
• Deer resistant |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to slightly acidic | Sandy to well drained loam | 1,202,000 | 3"-6" |
Rough Fescue (Foothills) (Festuca campestris) |
• Good early spring protein |
Dense tufted | Neutral | Moderately coarse, medium to moderately fine | 199,000 to 300,000 | 11"-31" |
Rough Fescue (Plains) (Festuca hallii) |
• Good early spring protein |
Tufted & slighty rhizomatous | Neutral | Medium to heavy textured soils | 403,000 | 8"-18" |
Hard Fescue (Introduced) (Festuca trachphylla) |
• Introduced species |
Bunchgrass | Acidic yo neutral | Loam to sandy loam | 565,000 | 6"-12" |
Sheep Fescue (Introduced) (Festuca ovina) |
• Introduced species |
Bunchgrass | Acidic to neutral | Loam to gravel | 680,000 | 6"-12" |
Idaho Fescue (Festuca idahoensis) |
• Mid season grass |
Bunchgrass | Neutral, acidic, basic | Heavy soils to well drained | 450,000 | 25"+ |
Dryland
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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Green Needlegrass (Nassella viridula) |
• Good soil stabilizer |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to basic | Medium to coarse | 180,000 | 16"-30" |
Needle & Thread Grass (Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata) |
• Characteristics awns |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to basic | Coarse to well drained | 115,000 | 12"-18" |
Western Porcupine Grass (Stipa curtiseta) |
• Mature awns resemble quills of a porcupine |
Bunchgrass | Acidic to alkaline | Very dry, poor soils | 203,000 | 12"-18" |
Junegrass (Koeleria macrantha) |
• Blue green in colur |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to basic | Medium to moderately fine | 2,315,400 | 4"-8" |
Prairie Sandreed (Calamovilfa longifolia) |
• Great erosion control |
Rhizomatous | Neutral | Coarse to moderately coarse | 237,000 | 30"-46" |
Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) |
• Long-lived perennial |
Bunchgrass | Saline to alkine | Sandy dry | 5,298,000 | 12"-24" |
Indian Ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides) |
• Grows on extreme sites |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to basic | Rocky to sand well drained | 141,000 | 12"-24" |
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) |
• Warm season species |
Bunch to sod farming | Neutral, acidic, basic | Moderately coarse to moderately fine | 170,000 | 25"+ |
Wetland
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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Spike Trisetum (Trisetum spicatum) |
• Does well in Arctic and alpine areas |
Bunchgrass | Acidic to alkine | Coarse to loam | 1,800,000 | 6"-8" |
Bluejoint Reedgrass (Calamagrostis canadensis) |
• Slow to establish |
Rhizomatous | Neutal to acidic | Fine to coarse | 2,270,000 | 23"-46" |
Red Top (Introduced) Agrostic gigantean |
• Introduced species |
Rhizomatous | Acidic to neutral | Loam to clay | 5,000,000 | 18"-30" |
Beckmans Sloughgrass (Beckmannia syzigachne) |
• Grows along shorelines, wet meadows, ditches |
Tufted & slightly rhizomatous | Neutral, acidic, basic | Wet areas | 1,150,000 | 12"-40" |
Tickelgrass (Agrostis scabra) |
• Tolertes low pH soil |
Bunchgrass | acidic to neutral | Rocky, infertile, barren | 4,000,000 | 6"-10" |
Tufted Hairgrass (Deschampsia caespitosa) |
• Grows in wet acidic soils |
Bunchgrass | Acidic | Sandy to clay | 1,500,000 | 6"-15" |
Wheatgrasses
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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Slender Wheatgrass (Elymus trachycalus) |
• Short-lived perennial |
Bunchgrass | Saline to alkaline | Medium | 160,000 | 20"-48" |
Awned Wheatgrass (Elymus Tyrachcaulus ssp. Subsecundus) |
•Similar to Slender Wheatgrass but with longer awns and shorter plant |
Bunchgrass | Saline to alkaline | Medium | 160,000 | 20"-48" |
Northern Wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus) |
• Adapted to a widge range of soil types |
Rhizomatous | Alkaline tolerant | Sandy medium coarse | 154,000 | 20"-40" |
Streambank Wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus ssp. psammophilus) |
• Similar to Northern Wheatgrass |
Rhizomatous | Acidic to alkaline | Sandy medium coarse to heavier soils | 155,000 | 20"-40" |
Western Wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii) |
• Great salt tolerance |
Rhizomatous | Acidic to saline alkaline | Fine to medium | 110,000 | 18"-36" |
Violet Wheatgrass (Agropyron violaceum) |
• Extremely winter hardy Wheatgrass |
Loosely tufted | Acidic to alkaline | Coarse to clay | 160,000 | 16"-40" |
Bluebunch Wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata) |
• Drought resistant |
Bunchgrass | Neutral | Medium moderately coarse, moderately fine | 140,000 | 18"-36" |
Pubescent Wheatgrass (Introduced) (Intermedium ssp. barbulatum) |
• Introduced species |
Rhizomatous | Alkaline tolerant | Medium, moderately coarse, moderately fine | 100,000 | 20"-40" |
Fairway Crested Wheatgrass (Introduced) (Agropyron cristatum) |
• Introduced species |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to basic | Medium, moderately coarse, moderately fine | 265,250 | 12"-24" |
Tall Wheatgrass (Thinopyrum ponticum) |
• Introduced species |
Bunchgrass | Saline up to pH 10 | Medium, moderately coarse, moderately fine | 79,000 | 25"+ |
Wildryes
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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Canada Wildrye (Elymus canadensis) |
• Quick establishing |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to alkine | Sandy coarse to fine | 115,000 | 28"-60" |
Smooth / Blue Wildrye (Elymus glaucus) |
• Quick germination |
Bunchgrass | Neutral to acidic | Moderately coarse to moderately fine | 134,500 | 16"-36" |
Hairy Wildrye (Elymus innovatus) |
• Colonzies distrubed areas rapidly |
Rhizomatous | Acidic to neutral | Fine to coarse | 175,500 | 16"-36" |
Others
Variety | Key Features | Groth Habit | Soil pH | Soil Type | Approx. Seeds/lb | Canopy Mature Height |
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Big Blue Stem (Andropogon gracilis) |
• Warm season native |
Rhizomatous | Neutral, basic, acidic | Moderately coarse, moderately fine | 130,000 | 25"+ |
Blue Grama (Boutelaua gracilis) |
• Warm season native |
Rhizomatous | Basic to neutral | Loam to clay loam | 800,000 | 6"-8" |
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) |
• Warm season native |
Bunchgrass | Neutral, basic, acidic | Medium, coarse, moderately fine | 260,000 | 12"-24" |
Side Oats Grama (Boutelaua curtipendula) |
• Warm season native |
Rhizomatous (slightly) | Moderate to alkaline | Medium, fine textured, well drained | 191,000 | 12"-24" |
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) |
• Warm season perennial |
Rhizomatous | Acidic, basic, neutral | Fine to coarse | 175,000 | 16"-36" |
Knotted Rush (Elymus innovatus) |
• Loves wet areas |
Rhizomatous | Neutral to acidic | Wet, wer mesic | 29,600,000 | 24" |