Plant Growing Guides

OAC Thunder Oat

Avena sativa

Oat Grass

Avena sativa

Oat Groats Hulless

Avena sativa var. nuda

Hulless Oats Marion

Avena sativa var. nuda

Oat Groats Hulless Paul

Avena sativa

Oats

Avena sativa

Common Oats

Avena sativa

Oats (Nurse Crop)

Avena sativa

Oats (Nurse Crop) Marion

Avena sativa 'Marion'

Oats and Barley

Avena sativa (Oats) / Hordeum vulgare (Barley)

Winter Cereal Rye

Secale cereale

Obtuse Sedge

Carex obtusata

Orchard grass

Dactylis glomerata

Orchard Grass Barolex

Dactylis glomerata 'Barolex'

Orchardgrass 'Latar'

Dactylis glomerata 'Latar'

Ornamental Grasses (Stipa & Festuca)

Stipa spp. & Festuca spp.

Purple Majesty Millet

Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Majesty'

Ornamental Native Grasses

Various species (e.g., Panicum virgatum, Andropogon gerardii, Bouteloua curtipendula)

Orzo

Hordeum vulgare

Aquatic Plants (General)

Various aquatic species

Sedge (Carex species)

Carex spp.

Barley and Triticale

Hordeum vulgare (Barley) / Triticosecale (Triticale)

Pasture Legumes (Mixed Compatible Species)

Multiple species (Trifolium, Medicago, Lotus, Vicia spp.)

Cool-Season Grasses for Mixed Hay

Multiple species (Lolium perenne, Festuca arundinacea, Poa pratensis, Dactylis glomerata, Bromus inermis)

Cool-Season Grass Species

Multiple genera (Festuca, Lolium, Poa, Agrostis spp.)

Drought-Tolerant Grains

Poaceae family (various genera)

Emergent Wetland Plants (Mixed)

Various species in wetland ecosystems

Other Eriophorum Species (Cotton Grass)

Eriophorum spp.

Other fine fescues

Festuca species (excluding F. rubra and F. ovina)

Mixed Pasture Grasses

Multiple species (e.g., Lolium perenne, Festuca arundinacea, Dactylis glomerata, Poa pratensis)

Pasture Grass Mix Species

Various Poaceae species

Native Regional Grasses

Various species (region-dependent)

Forage Legumes (Alfalfa & Clover)

Medicago sativa (alfalfa) and Trifolium spp. (clover)

Legumes in Pasture Mixes

Fabaceae family (various genera)

Mosses (General)

Bryophyta (Division)

Native Grass Species (General)

Poaceae (family) - various genera

Native Pasture Species

Various (regional species)

Native Prairie Plants

Various species (e.g., Andropogon gerardii, Sorghastrum nutans, Echinacea purpurea, Rudbeckia fulgida)

Wetland Sedges

Carex spp.

Nitrogen-Fixing Cover Crops (Mixed)

Various species (Fabaceae and other families)

Other Pasture Grasses

Various species (Festuca, Lolium, Dactylis, Phleum, Bromus, Trifolium spp.)

Pasture Legumes (Mixed)

Fabaceae family (various species)

Sedge (General)

Carex species

Small Grains (Barley & Wheat)

Hordeum vulgare (Barley), Triticum aestivum (Wheat)