Detention Basin, Raingarden, & Bioswale Native Seed Mix Specifications

Seeding Rate: 7.9 lb/acre (107 seeds/square foot)

Common Name Scientific Name % of Mix Seeds/ft2              Total
Grasses
Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii 9.50% 2.8 0.750 PLS lb
Bluejoint Grass Calamagrostis canadensis 0.20% 1.6 0.016 PLS lb
Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis 19.79% 3.0 1.563 PLS lb
Virginia Wild Rye Elymus virginicus 19.79% 2.4 1.563 PLS lb
Fowl Manna Grass Glyceria striata 0.79% 3.7 0.063 PLS lb
Rice Cut Grass Leersia oryzoides 0.79% 0.8 0.063 PLS lb
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum 3.17% 1.3 0.250 PLS lb
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans 9.37% 3.3 0.740 PLS lb
Prairie Cord Grass Spartina pectinata 0.79% 0.2 0.063 PLS lb
Sedges & Rushes
Bottlebrush Sedge Carex comosa 2.03% 1.8 0.160 PLS lb
Fringed Sedge Carex crinita 1.58% 1.1 0.125 PLS lb
Porcupine Sedge Carex hystericina 2.03% 1.8 0.160 PLS lb
Pointed-broom Sedge Carex scoparia 1.52% 3.7 0.120 PLS lb
Common Fox Sedge Carex stipata 0.59% 0.6 0.047 PLS lb
Brown Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea 1.27% 3.7 0.100 PLS lb
Common Rush Juncus effusus 0.25% 7.3 0.020 PLS lb
Dark Green Bulrush Scirpus atrovirens 0.51% 6.8 0.040 PLS lb
Woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus 0.25% 12.5 0.020 PLS lb
Softstem Bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani 1.58% 1.4 0.125 PLS lb
Forbs
Sweet Flag Acorus americanus 1.58% 0.3 0.125 PLS lb
Water Plantain Alisma subcordatum 0.76% 1.3 0.060 PLS lb
Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis 0.40% 0.1 0.031 PLS lb
Angelica Angelica atropurpurea 1.58% 0.2 0.125 PLS lb
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata 0.79% 0.1 0.063 PLS lb
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 0.40% 0.8 0.031 PLS lb
Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium maculatum 0.79% 2.2 0.063 PLS lb
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum 0.79% 3.7 0.063 PLS lb
Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale 1.19% 4.5 0.094 PLS lb
Ox-eye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides 2.53% 0.5 0.200 PLS lb
Great St. John's Wort Hypericum ascyron 1.58% 8.7 0.125 PLS lb
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica 0.32% 4.6 0.025 PLS lb
Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum 0.32% 2.0 0.025 PLS lb
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta 3.17% 8.4 0.250 PLS lb
Sweet Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa 1.19% 1.5 0.094 PLS lb
Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum 1.27% 0.1 0.100 PLS lb
Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum 0.79% 0.0 0.063 PLS lb
Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida 1.58% 1.9 0.125 PLS lb
Purple Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum 0.79% 0.3 0.063 PLS lb
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata 2.37% 6.4 0.188 PLS lb

 

Substitutions may be necessary based on availability at the time of order.