Wolf Creek Sage & Mountain Shrub Seed Mix

$34.50
  • For mountain parks and open spaces
  • Plant on ridges and open sidehills
  • For open space between the aspens and conifers
  • Formulated in cooperation with Wolf Creek ranch
  • Prescribed for upper Provo River basin
  • Works on most sites in the greater Park City area
  • Recommended for the Wasatch Mountains
  • Used on mountain cabin sites, utility lines and road

Quantity is per pound. Example: 1 = 1 lb, 2 = 2 lbs, 3 = 3lbs, etc. This is pure seed, not a live plant.



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The Wolf Creek Sage and Mountain Shrub Mix is designed for mountain parks and open spaces on mountain ridges, sidehills and drainage bottoms. It is for the larger open space between the aspens and conifer lines. This specialty seed mix was formulated in cooperation with Wolf Creek ranch in Kamas, Utah. Our It is prescribed for the mountain cabin sites and parks in the upper provo river basin, greater Park City area and eastern side of the Wasatch Mountains. It is widely adapted to most of the high elevation mountain sagebrush steppe of Utah. The Wolf Creek mixes would be solid performers in any mountain setting of the Intermountain west – from Park City to Steamboat to Telluride!

The species in this mix were selected by botanists and Great Basin Seed as species already naturally occurring and native to the area. The mix is designed to reclaim utilities easements, fence lines, septic systems, road cuts, etc. The mix is specifically designed for sagebrush open sidehills, ridge lines and areas of full exposure. For planting at the margins or within the aspen forests we recommend the Wolf Creek Aspen Community seed mix.

While the two mixes developed contain broadly applicable plants for Wolf Creek Ranch, the Sage and Mountain Shrub Mix is for relatively dry and warm sites and the Aspen Community Seed Mix is for relatively moist and cool. Not all species will grow in all microsite on the ranch, so look at the photos and distribution map provided, inventory your site and choose the mixes best suited to the application. The choice should be fairly intuitive, but if you need help, snap a few photos of the location in question, send them to us and give us a call. We will help you make the best selection.

The table below is a list of the mix items and percentages as recommended by the Wolf Creek Ranch HOA.

Recommended Seeding Rate: 15 pounds per acre

 

SpeciesScientific Name% in Mix
SHRUBS
Utah ServiceberryAmelanchier utahensis7.0
Mountain Big SagebrushArtemisia tridentata var. vaseyana3.25
Douglas Yellow RabbitbrushChrysothamnus viscidiflorus3.5
Oregon GrapeMahonia repens3.0
Mountain SnowberrySymphoricarpus oreophilus5.0
FORBS
Arrowleaf BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittata1.0
Sticky GeraniumGeranium viscosissimum0.5
Showy GoldeneyeHeliomeris multiflora1.0
Lewis Blue FlaxLinum lewisii1.0
Silvery LupineLupinus argenteus4.0
Wasatch PenstemonPenstemon cyananthus0.25
Rocky Mountain PenstemonPenstemon strictus1.50
GRASSES
Western WheatgrassAgropyron smithii20.00
California BromeBromus carinatus5.0
Mountain BromeBromus marginatus7.0
Tufted HairgrassDeschampsia cespitosa3.0
Slender WheatgrassElymus trachycaulus21.00
Prairie JunegrassKoeleria cristata3.0
MuttongrassPoa fendleriana3.0
Sandberg BluegrassPoa sandbergii7.0

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