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Here are some sample harvesting rates for our seed
strippers, based on our own field trials.
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NATIVE SPECIES
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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HARVEST RATES
LBS/HR
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Hand Held
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Pull Type
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GRASSES
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Big Bluestem
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Andropogon gerardi
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5-10
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40-70
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Blue Grama
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Bouteloua gracilis
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2
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10
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Canada Wild Rye
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Elymus canadensis
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3
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30-50
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Fringed Brome
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Bromus kalmii
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3
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15-25
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Hair Grass
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Agrostis scabra
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4
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10-15
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Indian Grass
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Sorghastrum nutans
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2-4
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25-50
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Little Bluestem
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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2
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15
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Prairie Cord Grass
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Spartina pectinata
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2-3
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15-25
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Prairie Dropseed
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Sporobolis heterolepis
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4
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20-30
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Slough Grass
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Beckmannia syzigachne
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10
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100-150
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Switch Grass
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Panicum virgatum
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4
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50
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WILDFLOWERS
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Beautiful Sunflower
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Helianthus laetiflorus
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2
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N/A
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Black Eyed Susan
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Rubeckia hirta
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3
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N/A
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Dotted Blazingstar
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Liatris punctata
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2-3
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10
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Indigo Bush
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Amorpha fruticosa
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5
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20
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Leadplant
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Amorpha canescens
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2-3
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10
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Lewis Wild Flax
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Linum lewisii
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1-2
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N/A
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Meadow Blazingstar
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Liatris ligulistylis
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3
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12
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Narrow Leaved Sunflower
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Helianthus maximiliani
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5
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N/A
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New England Aster
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Aster novae-angliae
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2
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10
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Prairie Cinquefoil
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Potentilla pennsylvancia
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2
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18
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Purple Coneflower
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Echinacea angustifolium
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1-2
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N/A
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Purple Prairie Clover
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Petalostemon purpureum
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12
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30
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Stiff Goldenrod
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Solidago rigida
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2-4
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18-20
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Three Flowered Avens
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Geum triflorum
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2
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10-15
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Yellow Avens
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Geum aleppicum
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4-5
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20
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Yellow Coneflower
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Ratibida columnifera
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4-5
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25
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Over 150 species of plants have been collected with these
machines worldwide. The above list is only an indication of
their potential. N/A = no data available at this time.
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