Butte Side Oats Gramma is a warm season perennial native grass, reaching heights of 2-3 feet. It is used both as a wild native planting and ornamental planting. It's large leaves gives Side Oats Gramma an interesting look.
Seeding Rate: 15 - 25 PLS LBS / ACRE
Deer Creek Seed, Inc. sells this product on the basis of Pure Live Seed (PLS) pounds. PLS LBS refers to the amount of live seed in a lot of bulk seed, which can contain other matter including stems, leaves, dead seed, bug parts, etc.
Formula for Calculating PURE LIVE SEED (PLS LBS):
( Percentage of Purity X Percentage of Germination ) / 100 = Percentage of Pure Live Seed (PLS)
Example:
( 99% Purity X 85% Germination ) / 100 = 84% PLS
1 Bulk LBS = .84 PLS LBS
Which means that 1.1 Bulk LBS is equal to 1 Pure Live Seed (PLS) LBS.