Illinois Tollway Seed Mixtures
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Illinois Tollway Class A1 Standard Mixture
Alta Tall Fescue | 75 lbs. / acre |
Kentucky Bluegrass | 65 lbs. / acre |
Perennial Ryegrass | 40 lbs. / acre |
Creeping Red Fescue | 20 lbs. / acre |
200 lbs. / acre |
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Illinois Tollway Class A2 Salt Tolerant Mixture
K-31 or Alta Tall Fescue | 50 lbs. / acre |
Kentucky Bluegrass | 40 lbs. / acre |
Fults Distans Alkaligrass | 40 lbs. / acre |
Dawson Creeping Red Fescue | 40 lbs. / acre |
Perennial Ryegrass | 40 lbs. / acre |
Rescue 911 Hard Fescue | 15 lbs. / acre |
Buffalograss | 10 lbs. / acre |
235 lbs. / acre |
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Class 2E Salt Tolerant Roadside Mixture
Tall Fescue (Inferno, Tarheel II, Quest, Blade Runner or Falcon IV) | 80 lbs. / acre |
Kentucky Bluegrass | 20 lbs. / acre |
Perennial Ryegrass | 50 lbs. / acre |
Creeping Red Fescue (Audubon, Sea Link, or Epic) | 30 lbs. / acre |
Hard Fescue (Rescue 911, Spartan II, or Reliant IV) | 40 lbs. / acre |
Fults Distans Alkaligrass | 60 lbs. / acre |
Dawson Creeping Red Fescue | 20 lbs. / acre |
300 lbs. / acre |
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Class 2F Roadside Mixture
Tall Fescue (Inferno, Tarheel II, Quest, Blade Runner or Falcon IV) | 110 lbs. / acre |
Kentucky Bluegrass | 50 lbs. / acre |
Perennial Ryegrass | 50 lbs. / acre |
Creeping Red Fescue | 50 lbs. / acre |
Red Top | 10 lbs. / acre |
Dawson Creeping Red Fescue | 20 lbs. / acre |
290 lbs. / acre |
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Illinois Tollway Class A3 Native Slope Mixture
K-31 or Alta Tall Fescue | 60 lbs. / acre |
Spring Oats | 50 lbs. / acre |
Perennial Ryegrass | 40 lbs. / acre |
Kentucky Bluegrass | 40 lbs. / acre |
Fults Distans Alkaligrass | 30 lbs. / acre |
Dawson Creeping Red Fescue | 25 lbs. / acre |
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) | 15 lbs. / acre |
Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) | 10 lbs. / acre |
Birdsfoot Trefoil | 5 lbs. / acre |
Alsike Clover | 5 lbs. / acre |
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum Nutans) | 3 lbs. / acre |
283 lbs. / acre |
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Class 3E Slope Mixture
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus Canadensis) | 10 lbs. / acre |
Perennial Ryegrass | 40 lbs. / acre |
Alsike Clover | 10 lbs. / acre |
Illinois Bundleflower (Desmanthus Illinoensis) | 2 lbs. / acre |
Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) | 25 lbs. / acre |
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) | 20 lbs. / acre |
Fults Salt Grass | 30 lbs. / acre |
Oats, Spring | 50 lbs. / acre |
Slender Wheat Grass | 15 lbs. / acre |
Buffalo Grass (Cody or Bowie) | 5 lbs. / acre |
Alta Tall Fescue or K31 | 50 lbs. / acre |
Kentucky Bluegrass | 20 lbs. / acre |
Annual Ryegrass | 30 lbs. / acre |
Creeping Red Fescue | 15 lbs. / acre |
322 lbs. / acre |
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Illinois Tollway Class A4 Native Grass Mixture
K-31 or Alta Tall Fescue | 60 lbs. / acre |
Spring Oats | 50 lbs. / acre |
Annual Ryegrass | 35 lbs. / acre |
Kentucky Bluegrass | 35 lbs. / acre |
Perennial Ryegrass | 30 lbs. / acre |
Dawson Creeping Red Fescue | 20 lbs. / acre |
Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) | 10 lbs. / acre |
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) | 5 lbs. / acre |
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum Nutans) | 3 lb. / acre |
Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum) | 1 lb. / acre |
249 lbs. / acre |
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Class 4E Native Grass
Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) | 15 lbs. / acre |
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) | 10 lbs. / acre |
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus Canadensis) | 2 lbs. / acre |
Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum) | 2 lbs. / acre |
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum Nutans) | 2 lbs. / acre |
Annual Ryegrass | 30 lbs. / acre |
Oats, Spring | 40 lbs. / acre |
Perennial Ryegrass | 25 lbs. / acre |
Alta Tall Fescue | 20 lb. / acre |
146 lbs. / acre |
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Class 4F Low Profile Native Grass
Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) | 20 lbs. / acre |
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) | 15 lbs. / acre |
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus Canadensis) | 3 lbs. / acre |
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus Heterolepsis) | 1 lbs. / acre |
Annual Ryegrass | 50 lbs. / acre |
Oats, Spring | 40 lbs. / acre |
Perennial Ryegrass | 40 lbs. / acre |
Alta Tall Fescue | 45 lbs. / acre |
Kentucky Bluegrass | 20 lb. / acre |
Creeping Red Fescue | 10 lb. / acre |
Slender Wheat Grass | 5 lb. / acre |
249 lbs. / acre |
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Illinois Tollway Class A5 Forb/Annual Mixture
Forbs Mixture (see below) | 14 lbs. / acre |
Annual Mixture (see below) | 2 lbs. / acre |
16 lbs. / acre |
Forbs Mixture
Mixture not exceeding 5% by PLS weight of any one of the following species:
Lead Plant |
Butterfly Weed White Wild Indigo Rattlesnake Master Rough Blazing Star Dame's Rocket Prairie Cinquefoil Prairie Dock Compass Plant New England Aster Pale Purple Coneflower Yellow Coneflower Stiff Goldenrod |
Annual Mixture
Mixture not exceeding 25% by weight of any one of the following species:
Sand Coreopsis | Blanket Flower |
Shasta Daisy | Long-Headed Coneflower |
Black-Eyed Susan |
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Illinois Tollway Class A6 Special Use Slope
Perennial Ryegrass | 60 lbs. / acre |
Crown Vetch | 40 lbs. / acre |
Birdsfoot Trefoil | 30 lbs. / acre |
130 lbs. / acre |
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Illinois Tollway Class B1 Native Overseeding
Perennial Ryegrass | 25 lbs. / acre |
Spring Oats | 25 lbs. / acre |
Forbs Mixture (see below) | 10 lbs. / acre |
Little Blue Stem | 5 lbs. / acre |
Side Oats Grama | 2 lbs. / acre |
Indiangrass | 2 lbs. / acre |
Prairie Wild Rye | 2 lbs. / acre |
Switchgrass | 2 lbs. / acre |
Prairie Dropseed | 1 lb. / acre |
74 lbs. / acre |
Forbs Mixture
Mixture not exceeding 10% by PLS weight of any one of the following species:
Sky Blue Aster | Smooth Aster |
New England Aster | Cream Baptisia |
Dame's Rocket | Lance-Leaved Coreopsis |
Prairie Coreopsis | Shooting Stars |
Pale Purple Coneflower | Rattlesnake Master |
Prairie Betony | Prairie Quinine |
Rough Blazing Star | Prairie Blazing Star |
Lupine | Prairie Bergamont |
Prairie Yellow Coneflower | Black-Eyed Susan |
Cream Baptisia | Purple Prairie Clover |
White Prairie Clover | Compass Plant |
Stiff Goldenrod |
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Illinois Tollway Class B2 Wildflower Overseeding
Perennial Ryegrass | 20 lbs. / acre |
Buffalograss | 5 lbs. / acre |
Side Oats Grama | 3 lbs. / acre |
Blue Grama | 1 lb. / acre |
Annuals (below) | 2 lbs. / acre |
Forbs (below) | 14 lbs. / acre |
45 lbs. / acre |
Forbs Mixture
Mixture not exceeding 10% by PLS weight of any one of the following species:
Smooth Aster | Rattlesnake Master |
Rough Blazing Star | Dame's Rocket |
Pale Purple Coneflower | Prairie Cinquefoil |
Sky Blue Aster | Stiff Goldenrod |
Prairie Yellow Coneflower | Black-Eyed Susan |
Annual Mixture
Mixture not exceeding 25% by weight of any one of the following species:
Lance-leaved Coreopsis | Indian Blanket |
Corn Poppy | Upright Prairie Coneflower |
Black-Eyed Susan | Catchfly |
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Illinois Tollway Class D1 Wetland Mixture
Annual Ryegrass | 40 lbs. / acre |
Wetland Grasses (below) | 6 lbs. / acre |
46 lbs. / acre |
Wetland Grasses
Species | Percentage by Weight |
Blue Joint Grass | 12% |
Lake Bank Sedge | 6% |
Awl-Fruited Sedge | 6% |
Tussock Sedge | 6% |
Fox Sedge | 6% |
Needle Spike Rush | 3% |
Blunt Spike Rush | 3% |
Fowl Manna Grass | 14% |
Common Rush | 6% |
Slender Rush | 6% |
Torrey's Rush | 6% |
Rice Cut Grass | 10% |
Hard-Stemmed Bulrush | 3% |
Dark Green Rush | 3% |
River Bulrush | 3% |
Prairie Cordgrass | 4% |
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