ILLINOIS WILDFLOWER BLOOM GUIDE
Pheasants & Quail Forever
2017 Conservation
Seed Program
Photos by: Jake Vancil
Illinois
PURCHASE with a PURPOSE
PF / QF SIGNATURE SERIES FOOD PLOT MIXES
All proceeds from seed sales go directly toward our mission of putting more habitat on
the ground, youth in our fields and birds in the air. So, you’re not only a customer,
you’re a supporter of conservation and our upland hunting heritage.
25# bags cover 4-5 acres unless otherwise noted, All mixes enhanced with MicroNutrients.
CT = Concep-treated. Establish when soil temp reaches 60 degrees.
Learn more at: http://www.PheasantsForever.org/seed
WINTER FOOD AND COVER
Professional Wildlife Biologists
Our Mission is Habitat, so let us help you with yours. These mixes have been designed by a team of wildlife professionals to provide diverse, high-quality, long-lasting
habitat and meet state and federal conservation standards. We want the best habitat on
the ground possible to produce the most wildlife, so we offer it at the lowest possible
price.
Additionally, our Farm Bill Wildlife Biologists are available in many areas to provide
detailed technical assistance for your habitat project.
• Scott James (West Central IL): 309-660-3147 or email at
[email protected]
• Jason Bleich (East Central IL): 217-855-0496 or email at
[email protected]
Blizzard Buster CT: Great winter cover mix includes 5 grain and 4 forage sorghums.
Early Longtail Milo CT: Short stature, 85 days to maturity.
Winter Survival: Includes corn grain and forage sorghums, buckwheat and sunflowers. Excellent wildlife winter food and cover mix. 25# bag plants 2 acres.
Rooster Booster: Includes corn, grain sorghums, buckwheat and millets. 25# bag plants 3 acres. Provides excellent food and winter cover for game birds, deer and turkey.
Covey Rise CT: Includes five (5) heavy grain-bearing sorghums with bright fall colors that reach a
height of 3-5 feet. Great for quail and pheasants.
White Lightning CT: Includes blend of mild-flavored, light-seeded sorghums providing food for
pheasants and deer alike. 95-110 maturity.
Cane Madness CT: Includes blend of high-yielding, tall forage sorghums providing abundant food and
cover as well as “screen cover “for deer.
Dove Kandy: Small, black-seeded, high oil varieties of diverse maturing sun flowers. Not Clearfield
Sunflowers. Great food plot for doves, but also attractive to upland game birds.
CLEAN, QUALITY SEED
GREEN DEER / TURKEY BROWSE & UPLAND GAME BROOD HABITAT
Dove and Quail: Includes sunflowers, grain and forage sorghums and millets. 25# bag will plant 3 to 4
We partner with the best growers and suppliers who have a reputation for providing clean,
quality seed. Together we’ve developed the most robust standards, including field scouting,
multiple tests (using the latest technology) for noxious weeds, including Palmer Amaranth, to
ensure our customers have the highest quality seed available.
acres. Provides brood cover for 2 years if left standing.
Bird & Buck Clover & More: Includes inoculant enhanced alfalfa, rapeseed, alsike, arrowleaf,
berseem, crimson, ladino and red clover. Great deer browse and upland brood areas. Plant very early in
spring. Can be used as a firebreak. 8# bag plants 1 acre.
Bird & Buck Whitetail & Gamebird: Superior browse habitat for deer and turkey and brood
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Ordering Information
habitat for upland game. 25# covers 2-3 acres. Includes alfalfa, rapeseed, alsike, arrowleaf, berseem, crimson, ladino and red clover, partridge pea, annual ryegrass, bluegrass, switchgrass, timothy and millet. Enhanced with Legume Inoculants.
ONLINE at: www.PFhabitatstore.com
Bird & Buck Deer Kandy: Great green browse mix for deer & turkeys and provides brood area for
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and Discover)
Normal shipping and handling included
Orders typically delivered within 10 business days after payment
Orders shipped directly to address provided
Invoices and PLS documents emailed at time of order
Custom mixes are available
Or call Kristi at: 866-914-PFQF (7373)
upland game includes Legume Inoculant treated alfalfa, alsike, ladino, medium red clover and partridge pea.
8# plants 1 acre. Plant in very early spring.
Bird & Buck Whitetail Forage Brassica: This high-sugar, high protein mix of rape, canola,
pasja, kale and turnips is irresistible to deer and turkeys. 8# bag plants 1.5 acres. Plant this fast
growing 2 foot tall food plot in late summer / early fall. (45 days to maturity).
To Order Food Plot Seed Only Call:
1-866-914-7373
Order Online: www.PheasantsForever.org/seed
Pheasants Forever in Illinois
Other Specialty Mixes
CRP CP1 50pt Cool Season Grass Mix (Wet Mesic-Dry Mesic Sites)
5.0 PLS #s. 7 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(50.71), Leg(43.05), Tot(93.76).
Grasses: Orchardgrass (1.0), Timothy (0.25), Redtop (0.25). Legumes: Alfalfa (0.5), Alsike Clover (1.0),
Ladino Clover (1.0), Red Clover (1.0).
Wildlife Firebreak Mix (Mesic-Dry Mesic Sites)
7.0 PLS #s. 6 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(50.71), Leg(43.05), Tot(93.76).
Legumes: Alfalfa (1.0), Alsike Clover (0.5), Crimson Clover (3.0), Ladino Clover (0.5), Red Clover (1.0),
Korean Lespedeza (1.0).
Monarch Mayhem (Mesic-Dry Mesic Sites)
2.95 PLS #s. 28 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(5.19), Leg(2.43), Fb(13.2), Tot(20.82).
Grasses: Li le Bluestem (0.65), Prairie Dropseed (0.05). Wildflowers: Alexander, Golden (0.07), Aster,
Heath (0.005), Aster, New England (0.025), Aster, Smooth Blue (0.019), Beardtongue, Foxglove (0.017),
Bergamot, Wild (0.056), Blazingstar, Rough (0.0175), Illinois Bundleflower (0.363), Clover, Purple Prairie
(0.16), Clover, White Prairie (0.05), Coneflower, Yellow (0.1), Coneflower, Purple (0.375), Culver's Root
(0.005), Goldenrod, Showy (0.01), Goldenrod, Rigid (0.04), Joe-Pye Weed, Sweet (0.0375), Milkweed,
Bu erfly (0.069), Milkweed, Common (0.144), Milkweed, Swamp (0.039), Milkweed, Whorled (0.031), Mint,
Mountain (0.005), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (0.0045), Partridge Pea (0.5), Rosinweed (0.013), Spiderwort,
Ohio (0.03), Susan, Black-eyed (0.0625).
Backyard Habitat (Mesic-Dry Mesic Sites)
2.6 PLS #s. 15 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(4.91), Leg(0.88), Fb(7.51), Tot(13.3).
Grasses: Wildrye, Canada (0.5), Li le Bluestem (0.3), Sideoats grama (0.42). Wildflowers: Susan, Black-eyed
(0.063), Cardinal Flower (0.005), Coneflower, Yellow (0.1), Illinois Bundleflower (0.36), Milkweed, Bu erfly
(0.06), Milkweed, Common (0.031), Coneflower, Pale Purple (0.08), Partridge Pea (0.25), Coneflower, Purple
(0.2), Bergamot, Wild (0.0475), Clover, Crimson (0.03), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (0.15).
MCM Wildflower Inter-seeding (Mesic-Dry Mesic Sites)
1.5 PLS #s. 18 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(0.0), Leg(2.01), Fb(8.54), Tot(10.55).
Wildflowers: Seedbox (0.001), Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Vervain, Blue (0.02), Culver's Root (0.002),
Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (0.05), Prairie cinquefoil (0.01), Evening primrose (0.02), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain
(0.002), Lobelia, Pale Spike (0.001), Goldenrod, Gray (0.003), Clover, Purple Prairie (0.1), Bergamot, Wild
(0.02), Beardtongue, Foxglove (0.01), Illinois Bundleflower (0.5), Clover, White Prairie (0.05), Coneflower,
Purple (0.25), Sunflower, False (0.1), Partridge Pea (0.3).
Landowner Assistance Grants
Through a partnership with the Illinois State Pheasant Fund and Illinois Habitat Fund, Pheasants
Forever and Quail Forever (PFQF) chapters offer financial assistance to landowners for establishing habitat using seed mixes endorsed by PFQF. These funds are currently suspended un l the
state budget is approved. This assistance will again be offered as soon as available. For informa on about this landowner assistance program, visit www.ihun l.com or contact Erin
Holmes, State Coordinator at 608-658-0969 or email her at [email protected].
Chapters
There are 60 PFQF chapters and hundreds of volunteers in Illinois working to advance the
hun ng and conserva on mission. If you want to get involved with your local chapter or a end
a banquet, visit www.ihun l.com or contact one of our Regional Representa ves.
• Ross Fogle (Northern IL): 309.310.7958 or [email protected]
• Brandon Beltz (Central IL): 217.254.3424 or [email protected]
• Brady Wooten (Southern IL): 618.383.1350 or [email protected]
CP25 (and CP38) Rare and Declining Habitat
These mixes meet IL 643 Standards
CP25 Mesic Tallgrass Prairie
3.01 PLS #s. 19 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(10.1), Leg(2.05), Fb(9.27), Tot(21.42).
Grasses: Big Bluestem (0.5), Li le Bluestem (0.4), Indiangrass (0.5), Switchgrass (0.25), Prairie Dropseed
(0.035), Wildrye, Canada (0.4). Wildflowers: Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Culver's Root (0.005), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (0.005), Clover, Purple Prairie (0.25), Bergamot, Wild (0.04), Beardtongue, Foxglove (Sm
(0.02), Sweet Black-eyed Susan (0.05), Brown-eyed Susan (0.05), Mint, Mountain (0.005), Coneflower,
Yellow (0.05), Aster, Heath (0.005), Illinois Bundleflower (0.35), Milkweed, Bu erfly (0.031).
CP25 Dry Mesic Tallgrass—Sand Dry Prairie
2.24 PLS #s. 17 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(10.04), Leg(2.03), Fb(9.51), Tot(21.58).
Grasses: Switchgrass (0.2), Junegrass, Prairie (0.05), Li le Bluestem (0.55), Sideoats grama (0.4), Indiangrass
(0.4). Wildflowers: Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Culver's Root (0.005), Prairie cinquefoil (0.01), Evening
Primrose (0.06), Goldenrod, Gray (0.005), Clover, Purple Prairie (0.17), Bergamot, Wild (0.04), Vervain, Hoary
(0.1), Aster, Heath 0.004), Leadplant (0.1), Clover, White Prairie (0.05), Milkweed, Bu erfly (0.031).
CP25 Wet Mesic Tallgrass Prairie
2.42 PLS #s. 19 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(10.03), Leg(0.51), Fb(9.54), Tot(20.08).
Grasses: Switchgrass (0.3), Sedge, Fox (0.13), Big Bluestem (0.5), Wildrye, Virginia (0.7), Prairie Cord grass
(0.2), Rice Cut Grass (0.02). Wildflowers: Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Vervain, Blue (0.08), Great Blue Lobelia
(0.004), Lobelia, Pale Spike (0.003), Goldenrod, Grass-leaved (0.004), Goldenrod, Riddell (0.01), Sweet Blackeyed Susan (0.04), Brown-eyed Susan (0.04), Mint, Mountain (0.004), Aster, New England (0.02), Blazingstar,
Marsh (0.02), Milkweed, Swamp (0.031), Tick-trefoil, Showy (0.25).
To order call: 866-914-PFQF (7373)
or visit (24/7)
www.PFhabitatstore.com
All mixes subject to species market price
and availability at the time of order
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CP42 Pollinator Mixes (Eligible for SAFE)
327 Mixes for CP2, CP33, CP4D, CP38 (SAFE)
Mixes meet NRCS Standards, provide great pollinator habitat, bloom Apr-Oct and
also are good nesting habitat for pheasants quail and other wildlife.
Mixes meet and exceed NRCS Standards, bloom May-October, and provide
excellent nesting and brood habitat for pheasants, quail and other wildlife.
Basic Pollinator (Mesic-Dry Sites)
2.6 PLS #s. 30 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(5), Leg(4.96), Fb(11.85), Tot(21.81).
Grasses: Li le Bluestem (0.4), Rough Dropseed (0.06), Sand Dropseed (0.002), Sand Lovegrass (0.01).
Wildflowers: Clover, Crimson (0.5), Beardtongue, Pale (0.001), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (0.2), Bergamot, Wild
(0.04), Mint, Ohio Horse (0.0025), Milkweed, Bu erfly (0.031), Spiderwort, Ohio (0.01), Indigo, White Wild
(0.01), Milkweed, Common (0.031), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (0.007), Lobelia, Pale Spike (0.001), Clover,
Purple Prairie (0.25), Mint, Mountain (0.003), Mint, Do ed (0.005), Partridge Pea (0.25), Coneflower, Purple
(0.1), Goldenrod, Gray (0.007), Aster, Heath (0.01), Beardtongue, Foxglove (0.008), Susan, Black-eyed
(0.063), Evening primrose (0.04), Brown-eyed Susan (0.05), Vervain, Hoary (0.031), Coneflower, Yellow
(0.03), Illinois Bundleflower (0.25), Milk vetch, Canada (0.2).
Wet Pollinator (Wet-Wet Mesic Sites)
1.43 PLS #s. 24 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(5), Leg(0.03), Fb(15.24), Sh(0.01), Tot(20.28).
Grasses: Sedge, Fox (0.068), Blue Joint Grass (0.02), Wildrye, Virginia (0.7), Prairie Cord grass (0.02).
Wildflowers: Great Angelica (0.15), Alexander, Golden (0.07), Purple Meadow Rue (0.075), Marigold, Marsh
(0.001), False Indigo (0.01), Culver's Root (0.004), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (0.01), Mint, Mountain
(0.004), Cup Plant (0.01), Brown-eyed Susan (0.05), Joe-Pye Weed, Spo ed (0.01), Sneezeweed (0.045),
Goldenrod, Riddell (0.01), Boneset, Common (0.01), Aster, New England (0.02), Aster, Heath (0.005),
Cardinal Flower (0.01), Seedbox (0.005), Vervain, Blue (0.075), Senna, Maryland (0.05).
Pollinator PLUS (Wet Mesic-Dry Sites) ***Meets PF High Quality Standard
1.95 PLS #s. 43 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(5.01), Leg(2.55), Fb(14.29), Tot(21.85).
Grasses: Dropseed, Sand (0.005), Prairie Dropseed (0.011), Rough Dropseed (0.03), Li le Bluestem (0.3),
Junegrass, Prairie (0.04). Wildflowers: Seedbox (0.002), Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Vervain, Blue (0.02),
Culver's Root (0.002), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (0.1), Prairie cinquefoil (0.008), Evening primrose (0.02),
Sneezeweed (0.01), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (0.003), Lobelia, Pale Spike (0.003), Goldenrod, Gray (0.004),
Cardinal Flower (0.003), Clover, Purple Prairie (0.05), Bergamot, Wild (0.02), Beardtongue, Foxglove (0.01),
Sweet black-eyed susan (0.01), Brown-eyed Susan (0.01), Mint, Mountain (0.004), Boneset, Common
(0.006), Coneflower, Yellow (0.01), Mint, Do ed (0.005), Vervain, Hoary (0.01), Aster, Heath (0.01), Illinois
Bundleflower (0.1), Mint, Ohio Horse (0.003), Beardtongue, Pale (0.005), Leadplant (0.02), Aster, New
England (0.005), Boneset, False (0.01), Clover, White Prairie (0.02), Coneflower, Purple (0.1), Sunflower,
False (0.1), Aster, Sky Blue (0.005), Partridge Pea (0.2), Aster, Smooth Blue (0.01), Milkweed, Common (0.05),
Milkweed, Bu erfly (0.05), Clover, Crimson (0.5).
HEL Pollinator / >5% Slopes (Wet Mesic-Dry Sites)
4.38 PLS #s. 34 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(10.01), Leg(5.67), Fb(24.98), Tot(40.66).
Grasses: Dropseed, Sand (0.004), Sand Lovegrass (0.011), Rough Dropseed (0.02), Li le Bluestem (0.5),
Sideoats grama (0.5), Junegrass, Prairie (0.1). Wildflowers: Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (0.3), Bergamot, Wild (0.1),
Beardtongue, Foxglove (0.05), Alexander, Golden (0.07), Seedbox (0.007), Culver's Root (0.006), Prairie
Cinquefoil (0.03), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (0.008), Lobelia, Pale Spike (0.004), Milk vetch, Canada (0.25),
Clover, Purple Prairie (0.25), Mint, Mountain (0.004), Illinois Bundleflower (0.3), Coneflower, Purple (0.15),
Sunflower, False (0.15), Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Brown-eyed Susan (0.05), Coneflower, Yellow (0.03),
Mint, Do ed (0.02), Vervain, Hoary (0.02), Partridge Pea (0.3), Evening primrose (0.03), Goldenrod, Grassleaved (0.005), Goldenrod, Gray (0.005), Leadplant (0.05), Clover, Crimson (0.5), Milkweed, Common (0.031).
All mixes subject to species market price
and availability at the time of order
www.PFhabitatstore.com
327 Shortgrass (Mesic-Dry Sites)
2.96 PLS #s. 30 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(10.09), Leg(4.33), Fb(7.44), Tot(21.86).
Grasses: Sideoats grama (0.5), Li le Bluestem (0.55), Rough Dropseed (0.04), Blue grama (0.1), Junegrass,
Prairie (0.05). Wildflowers: Sunflower, False (0.05), Seedbox (0.003), Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Culver's
Root (0.001), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (0.15), Prairie cinquefoil (0.005), Evening primrose (0.01), Mint,
Narrowleaf Mountain (0.001), Partridge Pea (0.2), Sunflower, Maximillian (0.05), Goldenrod, Gray (0.005),
Milk vetch, Canada (0.15), Clover, Purple Prairie (0.15), Bergamot, Wild (0.005), Milkweed, Common (0.02),
Milkweed, Bu erfly (0.02), Clover, White Prairie (0.05), Coneflower, Purple (0.05), Coneflower, Yellow (0.01),
Mint, Do ed (0.001), Vervain, Hoary (0.01), Boneset, False (0.005), Illinois Bundleflower (0.2), Leadplant
(0.01), Clover, Crimson (0.5).
327 Tallgrass (Mesic-Dry Sites)
3.02 PLS #s. 31 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(10.09), Leg(4.33), Fb(7.44), Tot(21.86).
Grasses: Switchgrass (0.3), Li le Bluestem (0.51), Big Bluestem (0.3), Indiangrass (0.1), Junegrass, Prairie
(0.05), Rough Dropseed (0.04), Sunflower, False (0.05), Seedbox (0.003), Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Culver's
Root (0.001), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (0.15), Prairie cinquefoil (0.005), Evening primrose (0.01), Mint,
Narrowleaf Mountain (0.001), Partridge Pea (0.2), Sunflower, Maximillian (0.05), Goldenrod, Gray (0.005),
Milk vetch, Canada (0.15), Clover, Purple Prairie (0.15), Bergamot, Wild (0.005), Milkweed, Common (0.02),
Milkweed, Bu erfly (0.02), Clover, White Prairie (0.05), Coneflower, Purple (0.05), Coneflower, Yellow (0.01),
Mint, Do ed (0.001), Vervain, Hoary (0.01), Boneset, False (0.005), Illinois Bundleflower (0.2), Leadplant
(0.01), Clover, Crimson (0.5).
327 Plateau Tolerant (Mesic-Dry Sites)
4.71 PLS #s. 17 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(10.02), Leg(5.36), Fb(6.25), Tot(21.63).
Grasses: Li le Bluestem (0.7), Sideoats grama (0.8), Wildrye, Canada (0.92). Wildflowers: Bergamot, Wild
(0.03), Clover, Purple Prairie (0.2), Clover, Crimson (0.5), Coneflower, Yellow (0.05), Milk vetch, Canada
(0.25), Coneflower, Purple (0.2), Coreopsis, Lanceleaf (0.25), Illinois Bundleflower (0.4), Milkweed, Bu erfly
(0.03), Milkweed, Common (0.03), Partridge Pea (0.2), Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Clover, White Prairie
(0.04), Sunflower, False (0.05).
327 Wet (Wet - Wet Mesic Sites)
1.6 PLS #s. 23 Species. Seeds/ 2: Gr(10.09), Leg(0.08), Fb(10.44), Tot(20.61).
Grasses: Switchgrass (Blackwell) (0.4), Blue Joint Grass (0.03), Sedge, Fox (0.1), Wildrye, Virginia (0.5).
Wildflowers: Seedbox (0.004), Susan, Black-eyed (0.063), Vervain, Blue (0.07), Culver's Root (0.001),
Sneezeweed (0.01), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (0.003), Cardinal Flower (0.005), Goldenrod, Riddell (0.005),
Brown-eyed Susan (0.04), Boneset, Common (0.004), Joe-Pye Weed, Spo ed (0.005), Goldenrod,
Grass-leaved (0.001), Aster, New England (0.01), Blazingstar, Marsh (0.03), Great Angelica (0.1), Alexander,
Golden (0.04), Purple Meadow Rue (0.01), Senna, Wild (0.15), Milkweed, Swamp (0.02).
Order by phone: 866-914-7373
or online at: www.PFhabitatstore.com