Alfalfa is a naturalized perennial legume that is grown across the US. It grows in full sun and does best in dry to medium soil moisture sites. It is a principal livestock food in the US. Alfalfa is used for hay and is fed directly or processed.

Alsike Clover it is a 1' to 2' tall spring to summer flowering legume. It is a naturalized perennial that grows in full sun or part shade and does best in mesic soil moisture sites. Alsike Clover is used primarily for hay, pasture, and soil improvement. Honeybees are attracted to this plant. 

American Beautyberry is a 3' to 6' tall native perennial small shrub with a native distribution restricted to the southern states. The shrub produces axillary cluster of small pink or white flowers in spring and early summer and bright showy cluster of violet or magenta fruits in August and September. The fruits remain on the shrub well after the leaves have fallen. The plant is easily established by seed. American Beauty Berry is equally valued as an ornamental garden and landscaping plant and as a wildlife habitat plant. The fruits of this shrub are an important food source for many species of birds and animals. Native Americans used the plant parts to treat such things as feavers, rheumatism, stomachaches, colic, and dysentery.

American Senna is a large 3' to 8' tall native long-lived native perennial legume. This is a summer flowering plant easily recognized by the large terminal racemes of bright yellow pea-like flowers growing in the axis of the compound leaves. This Senna will grow well in dry to moist soils and full sun to partial shade, however, the native range is restricted to the northern states. The striking appearance and easy establishment make this a great garden plant. American Senna is a valuable wildlife plant, providing cover and food for wildlife, especially quail.

American Water Plantain is a 1' to 3' tall native perennial plant that prefers full sun sites and requires muddy to submerged nutrient rich soils. It flowers in late spring to early summer. It is an important food and habitat for waterfowl, fish and other wildlife. 

Phlox drummondii is a 6" to 18" late spring to early summer flowering wildflower with tubular 5-lobed flowers in a variety of colors including white, pink, red and lavender. The common name is Annual Phlox. It is a native annual requiring full sun locations and grows best in dry to medium soil moisture sites. It is native to Texas and the southeastern states north to Tennessee and Virginia. It is often planted in wildflower mixes. These flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators. It is a great garden plant in beds, as edging, in containers, and in rock gardens. The plants are deer resistant.

Phlox drummondii is a 6" to 18" late spring to early summer flowering wildflower with tubular 5-lobed flowers in a variety of colors including white, pink, red and lavender. The common name is Annual Phlox. It is a native annual requiring full sun locations and grows best in dry to medium soil moisture sites. It is native to Texas and the southeastern states north to Tennessee and Virginia. It is often planted in wildflower mixes. These flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators. It is a great garden plant in beds, as edging, in containers, and in rock gardens. The plants are deer resistant. 

Phlox drummondii is a 6" to 18" late spring to early summer flowering wildflower with tubular 5-lobed flowers in red. The common name is Annual Phlox. It is a native annual requiring full sun locations and grows best in dry to medium soil moisture sites. It is native to Texas and the southeastern states north to Tennessee and Virginia. It is often planted in wildflower mixes. These flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators. It is a great garden plant in beds, as edging, in containers, and in rock gardens. The plants are deer resistant. 

Lolium perenne var. multiflorum is a 2' to 3' tall spring/summer flowering grass. It is a naturalized annual/biennial growing in full sun or part shade and performs best in medium soil moisture sites. A common name is Annual Rye Grass and a primary use is for quick cover in erosion control plantings. Annual Rye Grass is marketed as Common Ryegrass, and it is often a mixture of annual and perennial species. There is no certification of this seed since pure varieties of Annual Rye Grass are almost non-existent. It is an important forage grass for livestock. 

Appalachian Beardtongue is a 2' to 3' tall native perennial flowering in late spring and early summer. This plant features opposite leaves and panicles of white to soft lavender tubular flowers with 5 spreading lobes. Appalachian Beardtongue grows best in dry to medium moisture soils in full sun sites. It has a native distribution over most of the eastern US and is usually found on roadsides, grasslands, and open woodlands. It is easily established from seed and is a garden and landscaping favorite. Due to its striking appearance and long flowering period. A good pollinator plant that attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. 

Saggittaria latifolia, called Arrowhead, is a 1? to 3? native perennial wetland plant. The plant most commonly grows in shallow standing water, wet muddy banks or flats in sloughs, swamps, and around ponds and streams in full sun. The arrowhead-shaped leaves and flowers are produced on separate stalks. Three-petaled white flowers are in multiple whorls. Arrowhead is used in bog gardens, water features, pond edges, and in wetland restoration. Another name is Duck Potato, referring to the tubers that are relished by waterfowl and were once consumed extensively by Native Americans. The plant offers food and cover for a variety of wildlife including songbirds, wading birds, muskrats, beavers, and aquatic species. 

Arrowleaf Clover is a 2' to 3' tall late spring to early summer flowering legume. It is a naturalized annual growing in full sun and in dry to medium soil moisture sites. This clover is suitable for livestock pasture, for hay production and for soil improvement management. Used in wildlife food plot mixes. 

Pisum sativum is a 2' to 4' tall spring to fall flowering legume. A common name is Austrian Winter Peas. It is a naturalized annual requiring full sun locations and prefers dry to medium soil moisture sites. Austrian Winter Peas are harvested after the peas are dry and they are mostly blended with grains to fortify the protein content of livestock feed. Austrian Winter Peas are grown with cereal grasses for silage and green fodder, which may be grazed. This plant is widely used as a food plot principal to attract and feed deer and other wildlife.

Carex stipata is a 2' to 3' spring flowering sedge. A common name is Awl Sedge or Awl-fruited Sedge. Awl Sedge is a native perennial that tolerates both part sun and part shade. It prefers moist to wet soil moisture. It provides food for ducks, wetland birds, and upland game birds. 

Baby's Breath is a 9" to 18" tall introduced annual that is a staple for the florist industry. It features a profusion of small 5-petaled white flowers on thread-like stems and is widely used by florists as a background for cut flowers. This is an easy to establish plant that will produce flowers within a few weeks of germination. This plant flowers in summer and grows best in dry to medium moisture soils and will grow in full sun or partial shade. Baby's Breath is a must for the bed, border, and cut plant garden. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight.

Bahia Grass is a 6" to 30" summer flowering, naturalized annual grass. It prefers full sun sites and grows best in dry to medium soil moisture places. It is recommended by NRCS for erosion control in Grassed Waterways and Critical Area plantings. 

Barnyard Grass is a 1' to 3' tall native warm season grass. It is a readily self-seeding annual requiring moist to wet sites and prefers disturbed areas with exposed soils in full sun. An especially valuable native food source for ducks and other waterfowl and is often planted to attract waterfowl. Barnyard Grass often forms dense colonies in wetlands where it provides shelter as well as food for numerous wildlife species in addition to waterfowl. A very similar but non-native species, Echinochloa crus-galli, should be avoided due to its aggressive nature. 

Beaked Panicgrass is a 2" to 4" native perennial warm season clump grass that colonizes by rhizomes. An easily established grass preferring medium to wet soils and part shade. Birds eat the seeds and deer and livestock graze the foliage. However, cattle avoid the grass after seed heads form. 

Smallanthus uvedalius, with a common name of Bear?s Foot, is a 3-5? native perennial with a native distribution over most of the eastern US except for a few northern states. Bear?s Foot features very large, sometimes 1? long, deeply lobed leaves with flowering branches growing from the leaf axils. The numerous bright yellow flowers are about 2? wide. This plant prefers moist soils and grows best in partial shade. Use of Bear?s Foot as a garden or landscape plant requires lots of space, moist soils, and light shade. With its numerous flowers and long flowering period, Bear?s Foot is a great pollinator conservation plant. 

Bergamot is a 2' to 4' tall native perennial with numerous 1" wide heads of beautiful and fragrant two-lipped lavender flowers radiating from the center of the head. It is summer flowering with a long flowering period. This versatile plant will tolerate dry to moist soils in full sun or partial shade. For the garden, it is cultivated as a culinary herb, cut flower, dried flower, and grown in borders. It can also be used in native plant gardens, wildflower meadows, butterfly and hummingbird gardens and wildlife habitat plantings. It is usually found growing in prairies, prairie remnants, old fields, open rocky woods, and roadsides. Few plants rival Bergamot as a pollinator conservation species. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight.

Cynodon dactylon is most commonly called Bermuda Grass. It is a naturalized grass, probably of Asian origin. It is a perennial that grows well in full sun and does best in medium to moist soil moisture sites. It may become invasive. Its many uses include as a turfgrass, livestock forage, and erosion control.

Big Bluestem is a 4' to 10' tall native perennial warm season clump grass. It is one of the dominant grasses of the Tall Grass Prairies, and is also frequent in native grasslands in all of the states east of the Mississippi. Big Bluestem grows best in medium to moist soils and in full sun. The name refers to the three-pronged flowering spikes resembling a turkey's foot. The uses and benefits of Big Bluestem include erosion control, forage production, landscaping, grassland restoration, privacy screens, and pollinator conservation. Wildlife benefits include bedding and resting sites, thermal protection, escape cover, avian cover, nesting sites, food, and fawn concealment. Kaw Cultivar plant material is from the Flint Hills region of Kansas and was developed for forage volume and seed production. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight.

Big Bluestem is a 4" to 10" tall native perennial warm season clump grass. A principal grass of the Tall Grass Prairies preferring medium to moist soils and full sun sites. 'Rountree' Cultivar plant material is from Iowa and was developed for forage volume and increase

Big Bluestem is a 4' to 10' tall native perennial warm season clump grass. It is one of the dominant grasses of the Tall Grass Prairies, and is also frequent in native grasslands in all of the states east of the Mississippi. Big Bluestem grows best in medium to moist soils and in full sun. The name refers to the three-pronged flowering spikes resembling a turkey?s foot. The uses and benefits of Big Bluestem include erosion control, forage production, landscaping, grassland restoration, privacy screens, and pollinator conservation. Wildlife benefits include bedding and resting sites, thermal protection, escape cover, avian cover, nesting sites, food, and fawn concealment. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight. 

Big Bluestem - Mammoth is a 6' to 10' tall native perennial warm-season clump grass. This KY ecotype outperforms other Bluestem varieties in University forage trials. It is one of the dominant grasses of the Tall Grass Prairies, and is also frequent in native grasslands in all of the states east of the Mississippi. Big Bluestem grows best in medium to moist soils and in full sun. The name refers to the three-pronged flowering spikes resembling a turkey's foot. The uses and benefits of Big Bluestem include erosion control, forage production, landscaping, grassland restoration, privacy screens, and pollinator conservation. Wildlife benefits include bedding and resting sites, thermal protection, escape cover, avian cover, nesting sites, food, and fawn concealment. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight.

Bigtop Lovegrass is a 1' to 3' tall native perennial that prolifically self-seeds. This plant features an oblong or elliptic open, diffuse, and airy panicle of thread like branchlets and pedicils, which results in a lace-like appearance. Bigtop Lovegrass has a native distribution over all of the southeastern US and is usually found in dry open ground, open woods, and grassland fields. There is no known particular wildlife benefit except as a cover plant. The plant may have some value in erosion control in shaded areas due to its early growth. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight. 

Bird's Foot Trefoil is a 2' to 3' tall introduced perennial legume. It is a spring flowering plat featuring terminal clusters of pretty yellow pea-like flowers in whorls. This introduced legume is widely used in the US but requires some management. It is used for erosion control, especially along roadsides. Livestock forage is a primary use and establishment from seed is usually done in the spring. Deer, elk, geese, pheasants and other wildlife readily eat this plant and its seeds and it provides good cover. This plant may become somewhat weedy or aggressive in some places if not controlled. 

Blackeyed Susan is a 2' to 3' tall native biennial, or short lived biennial, that will flower in the first year if planted in the early spring and is often grown as an annual. This is a branching late spring and summer flowering plant featuring single showy 2" to 3" wide flowers at branch ends with bright yellow petals and a dark center disk. Blackeyed Susan grows best in dry to moist soils, tolerates a wide range of soil types, but does not tolerate poorly drained soils. It will do well in full sun or part shade. It is perhaps the most often used of all our native wildflowers, both in the garden and in conservation plantings, and has a native distribution over nearly all of the lower 48 states. Blackeyed Susan is widely used in conservation plantings for erosion control and for the benefit of wildlife. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight.

Blanketflower is a 2' to 4' tall native perennial with native distribution primarily in the west and northern most tier of states. It grows best in dry to medium moisture soils and will not tolerate wet sites. Blanketflower is a widely used garden flower in areas outside its native range. A continuous and prolific display of brilliant red flowers with variable width yellow rims combined with a flowering period from late spring to early fall make this a garden favorite. It is an excellent cut flower with a vase life of over a week. Native American medicinal uses are numerous. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight.

Blue False Indigo is a 3' to 5' tall native perennial legume with intense blue flowers. A spring and early summer flowering plant that grows well in dry to medium soil and prefers full sun. Blue False Indigo is used in wildlife seed mixtures and is a good ground cover plant. It has a history of use as a blue dye.

Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix) is a 2' to 3' tall native perennial cool season grass. The 6" to 10" long terminal spike seed heads feature bristly 1" long bristly-looking flower heads growing perpendicular to the stem and strongly resembling a brush used to clean bottles. The plant tolerates dry to moist soils and does well in full sun or part shade. It is easily established from seed and is usually used planted in clumps in the garden or included in woodland settings, native plant gardens, and habitat plantings. Birds are attracted to the large seeds. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight.

Southern Appalachian Ecotype Seed Mix #1 Dry Sites is designed for sites with dry-to-medium soils and the environmental conditions of the Southern Appalachians. This mix utilizes species ecotypes from the Cherokee National Forest and surrounding areas. Flowering period and flower colors are coordinated for full season variety. The number of seeds of each species in the mix has been calculated using the number of seeds per pound for each species, factored by establishment parameters in coordination with the Forest Service. Southern Appalachian Ecotype Seed Mix #1 contains the following 4 native grass species, 7 native wildflower species, and 2 nurse crop species: Planting rate of 37.108 pounds per acre.

Columbine is a 1 to 3 tall, native perennial featuring distinctive red and yellow flowers with elongated red spurs. A spring and early summer flowering plant preferring dry to medium soils in part shade. It is an important food source for hummingbirds in the spring when little else is available.

Hesperis matronalis is a 2' to 4' tall spring flowering wildflower with a mix of purple, white, or pink flowers. It is a naturalized biennial/perennial growing in full sun or part shade and prefers medium to moist soil moisture sites. The common name is Dame's Rocket. It is an easy-to-establish and easy-to-grow garden flower that lasts for years due to abundant plants resulting from self-seeding. Dead-heading will substantially prolong the bloom period. It is an excellent plant for naturalized meadows, gardens and borders. The primary pollinators are butterflies and moths. In some states, this garden plant sometimes escapes and is considered a noxious weed.

Forget-Me-Not is a 1' to 1?' tall, spring/summer flowering annual. It produces dense cymes of small blue flowers with yellow centers. It is a naturalized annual preferring partial shade and medium to moist soil moisture. Forget-Me-Not is used for borders, rock gardens, woodland areas and water edges.

Fox Sedge is a 2' to 3' tall, native perennial member of the sedge family found in all but one of the lower 48 states, Utah. This plant prefers wet to moist soils and full sun or part shade. Fox Sedge is a spring and early summer flowering plant with a terminal inflorescence consisting of numerous short, mostly overlapping, spikelets. It often forms dense colonies from spreading roots. It is usually commonly found around swamps and in wet, or seasonally wet, fields, woods, and ditches. It is a good plant for most wet garden sites. Many wetland birds eat the seeds. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight.

French Marigold is a 1' to 1?' tall, late summer to early fall flowering forb. It is a naturalized annual, growing in full sun to part shade and prefers dry to medium soil moisture sites. These flowers are yellow, orange, red and bicolor and may be demi-double, double or crested. It is deer resistant.

Coreopsis basalis, commonly known as Golden Wave Tickseed, is a 1' to 2' tall plant with yellow and maroon bicolor petals. It is a native annual that requires full sun sites and prefers dry to medium soil moisture. The plant is drought tolerant and deer resistant. Coreopsis basalis attracts bees and butterflies and is an ideal low growing plant fro butterfly and polinator gardens. It is a good showy native garden plant and if allowed to self-seed it will produce flowers the following year. It is a good cut flower plant.

Great Angelica is a 5' to 7' tall, native perennial that prefers full sun to partly shady sites. It does best in medium to wet soils. This is a summer flowering plant with tiny white flowers in large compound 4" to 10" wide umbels.