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IDOT Class 1 Lawn Mixture

Kentucky Bluegrass 100 lbs. / acre
Perennial Ryegrass 60 lbs. / acre
Creeping Red Fescue 40 lbs. / acre
200 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 1A Salt Tolerant Lawn Mixture

Kentucky Bluegrass 60 lbs. / acre
Perennial Ryegrass 20 lbs. / acre
Audubon Red Fescue 20 lbs. / acre
Rescue 911 Hard Fescue 20 lbs. / acre
Fults Salt Grass 60 lbs. / acre
180 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 1B Low Maintenance Lawn Mixture

Fine Leaf Turf-Type Fescue 150 lbs. / acre
Perennial Ryegrass 20 lbs. / acre
Red Top 10 lbs. / acre
Creeping Red Fescue 20 lbs. / acre
200 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 2 Roadside Mixture

Inferno Tall Fescue or Tarheel II Tall Fescue 100 lbs. / acre
Perennial Ryegrass 50 lbs. / acre
Creeping Red Fescue 40 lbs. / acre
Red Top 10 lbs. / acre
200 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 2A Salt Tolerant Roadside Mixture

Inferno Tall Fescue or Tarheel II Tall Fescue 60 lbs. / acre
Perennial Ryegrass 20 lbs. / acre
Audubon Red Fescue 30 lbs. / acre
Rescue 911 Hard Fescue 30 lbs. / acre
Fults Distans Alkaligrass 60 lbs. / acre
200 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 3 Northern Illinois Slope Mixture

Canada Wild Rye (Elymus Canadensis) 5 lbs. / acre
Perennial Ryegrass 20 lbs. / acre
Alsike Clover   5 lbs. / acre
Illinois Bundleflower (Desmanthus Illinoensis) 2 lbs. / acre
Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) 12 lbs. / acre
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) 10 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
154 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 3 Southern Illinois Slope Mixture

Perennial Ryegrass 20 lbs. / acre
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus Canadensis) 20 lbs. / acre
Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum) 10 lbs. / acre
Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) 12 lbs. / acre
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) 10 lbs. / acre
White Prairie Clover (Petalostemum Candidum)     5 lbs. / acre
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Hirta) 5 lbs. / acre
Oats, Spring 50 lbs. / acre
132 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 4 Native Grass Mixture

Big Blue Stem (Andropogon Gerardi) 4 lbs. / acre
Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) 5 lbs. / acre
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) 5 lbs. / acre
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus Canadensis) 1 lbs. / acre
Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum) 1 lbs. / acre
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum Nutans)   2 lbs. / acre
Annual Ryegrass 25 lbs. / acre
Oats, Spring 25 lb. / acre
Perennial Ryegrass 15 lb. / acre
83 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 4A Low Profile Native Mixture

Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) 5 lbs. / acre
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula)  5 lbs. / acre
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus Canadensis) 1 lbs. / acre
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus Heterolepsis)   .5 lbs. / acre
Annual Ryegrass 25 lbs. / acre
Oats, Spring 25 lb. / acre
Perennial Ryegrass 15 lbs. / acre
76.5 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 4B Wetland Grass & Sedge Mixture

Annual Ryegrass 25 lbs. / acre
Spring Oats 25 lbs. / acre
Wetland Grasses (below) 6 lbs. / acre
56 lbs. / acre

Wetland Grasses:

Species % 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%
Softstem Bulrush 3%
Cord Grass 4%

 

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IDOT Class 5 Forbs with Annual Mixture

Forbs Mixture (below) 10 lbs. / acre
Annuals Mixture (below) 1 lb. / acre
11 lbs. / acre

Forbs Mixture
Mixture not exceeding 5% by PLS weight of any one species of the following:

Lead Plant Butterfly Weed
Smooth Aster White Wild Indigo
Prairie Coreopsis Rattlesnake Master
Ox-Eye Rough Blazing Star
Prairie Bergamont Louse Wart
Purple Prairie Clover Prairie Cinquefoil
Fragrant Coneflower Prairie Dock
Spiderwort Thimble Weed
Sky Blue Aster New England Aster
New Jersey Tea Pale Purple Coneflower
Downy Sunflower Alum Root
Prairie Blazing Star Wild Quinine
White Prairie Clover False Dragonhead
Yellow Coneflower Compass Plant
Rigid Goldenrod Culver's Root

Annuals Mixture
Mixture not exceeding 25% by weight of any one species of the following:

Sand Coreopsis Blanket Flower
Shasta Daisy Long-Headed Coneflower
Black-Eyed Susan

 

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IDOT Class 5A Large Flower Native Forb Mixture

Forbs Mixture (below) 5 lbs. / acre
5 lbs. / acre

Forbs Mixture:

Species % by
Weight
New England Aster 5%
Pale Purple Coneflower 10%
Downy Sunflower 10%
Ox-eye 10%
Prairie Blazing Star 10%
Yellow Coneflower 5%
Black-Eyed Susan 10%
Compass Plant 10%
Prairie Dock 20%
Rigid Goldenrod 10%

 

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IDOT Class 5B Wetland Forb Mixture

Forbs Mixture (below) 2 lbs. / acre
2 lbs. / acre

Forbs Mixture:

Species Percentage by Weight
Sweet Flag 3%
Angelica 6%
Swamp Milkweed 2%
Stemmed Aster 10%
Beggarticks 7%
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed 7%
Boneset 7%
Autumn Sneeze Weed 2%
Blue Glag Iris 2%
Cardinal Flower 5%
Great Blue Lobelia 5%
Winged Loosestrife 2%
False Dragonhead 5%
Smartweed 10%
Water Smartweed 10%
Mountain Mint 5%
Cut Leaf Coneflower 5%
Riddel Goldenrod 2%
Giant Burweed 5%

 

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IDOT Class 6 Conversion Mixture

Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) 5 lbs. / acre
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus Canadensis) 2 lbs. / acre
Buffalo Grass (Cody or Bowie) 5 lbs. / acre
Vernal Alfalfa   15 lbs. / acre
Oats, Spring 48 lbs. / acre
75 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 6A Salt Tolerant Conservation Mixture

Little Bluestem (Andropogon Scoparius) 5 lbs. / acre
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus Canadensis) 2 lbs. / acre
Buffalo Grass (Cody or Bowie) 5 lbs. / acre
Vernal Alfalfa   15 lbs. / acre
Oats, Spring 48 lbs. / acre
Fults Salt Grass 20 lbs. / acre
95 lbs. / acre

 

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IDOT Class 7 Temporary Erosion Control Mixture

Perennial Ryegrass 50 lbs. / acre
Spring Oats 64 lbs. / acre
114 lbs. / acre

 

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