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Public concern for the conservation of pollinating insect communities, such as bees, has created demand for more florally diverse landscapes. In urban environments, lawns form a large portion of cultivated land, and are typically managed to exclude flowering species richness. In this study, we investigated the establishment of eight flowering plants with pollinator value (plants that provide floral nectar and pollen for visiting insects) when coseeded with the turfgrass hard fescue ( Festuca brevipila  Tracey). The study was established as a dormant seeding at two locations in central Minnesota with substantially different soil types. Plots were maintained at either a 6- or 9-cm mowing height. We monitored these plantings over the 2014, 2015, and 2016 growing seasons for vegetative establishment and flowering of planted forbs. Of the eight forbs tested,  Trifolium repens  L.,  Prunella vulgaris  ssp.  lanceolata  (W. Bartram) Hultén,  Thymus serpyllum  auct. non L., and  Astragalus crassicarpus  Nutt. established in at least one location. Mowing height did not affect vegetative establishment, but had a negative effect on the number of blooms produced by  P. vulgaris  ssp.  lanceolata . Vegetative establishment was affected by location, with  P. vulgaris  ssp.  lanceolata  establishing in higher abundance in the moist loamy site, whereas  T. serpyllum  and  A. crassicarpus  established in higher abundance at the dry sandy site. This study represents an important first step in identifying appropriate plants and management practices for improving lawns as a resource for pollinators.

Testing the Establishment of Eight Forbs in Mowed Lawns of Hard Fescue (Festuca brevipila) for Use in Pollinator Conservation