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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