This is a list of the seeds collected in 1999 that have been cleaned and processed and will be planted in the Spring of 2000 on the tract known as Benfield. It is the 10 acres 10 acres directly east of the township road as you come out of the trees heading toward Sugar Grove. 

 Seed Type                                                     Amount Collected    Cost($) Seed Value($)   

Wildflowers:

Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower)                      1.66lb            $75/lb       $125.00  

Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattle Snake Master)        1.00lb            $225/lb        $225.00  

Baptisia leucantha (IndigoWhite False)                     2.0lb            $400/lb        $800.00  

Penstemon digitalis  (Smooth Penstemon)              .66lb              $225/lb        $148.00  

Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)                2.5lb             $375/lb      $ 937.00  

Monarda fistulosa  (Bergamot)                                    3.5oz             $25/oz      $87.50   

Tradescantia ohiensis (Spiderwort)                             1.0oz             $30/oz      $30.00   

Vernonia fasciculata (Ironweed)                                  1.0oz              $30/oz      $30.00   

Solidago rigida   (Stiff Goldenrod)                                1.5lb             $225/lb      $335.00  

Allium cernuum  (Nodding Wild Onion)                        2.0oz            $20/oz     $40.00   

Parthenium integrifolium (Wild Quinine)                     0.5lb           $300/lb      $150.00  

Amorpha canescens   (Leadplant)                                   0.5lb           $300/lb      $150.00  

Solidago speciosa   (Showy Goldenrod)                          4oz              $60/oz      $240.00  

Lespedeza capitata  (Roundheaded Bushclover)           1oz                $15/oz     $15.00   

Grasses: 

Sporobolus heterolepis  ( Prairie Dropseed)                    1.75lb           $120/lb    $ 210.00  

Sorghastrum nutans   (Indian Grass)                                24lb            $15/lb       $ 360.00  

Elymus  (Nodding Wild Rye)                                             8lb               $30/lb      $ 240.00  

Schizachyrium scoparium  (Little Bluestem)                  0.25oz           $3/oz            

Mixed seed:                              

Mixed wildflower seeds                                                    36 lbs.           $50/lb    $1800.00