Detention Basin, Raingarden, and Bioswale Native Seed Mix - Specifications

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Common Name Scientific Name % of Mix  (Seeds/ft2) Seeds/ft2 Total oz. / Acre
Grasses
Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii 2.64% 2.75 12.00 PLS oz.
Blue Joint Grass Calamagrostis canadensis 1.54%

1.61

 0.25 PLS oz.
Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis 2.86% 2.98 25.00 PLS oz.
Virginia Wild Rye Elymus virginicus 2.31% 2.41 25.00 PLS oz.
Fowl Manna Grass Glyceria striata 3.52% 3.67 1.00 PLS oz.
Rice cut grass Leersia oryzoides 0.75% 0.78 1.00 PLS oz.
Switch Grass Panicum virgatum 1.23% 1.29 4.00 PLS oz.
Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans 3.13% 3.26 11.84 PLS oz.
Prairie Cord Grass Spartina pectinata 0.15% 0.15 1.00 PLS oz.
Sedges & Rushes
Plains Oval Sedge Carex brevior 1.23% 1.28 1.92 PLS oz.
Bottlebrush Sedge Carex comosa 1.69% 1.76 2.56 PLS oz.
Fringed Sedge Carex crinita 1.01% 1.06 2.00 PLS oz.
Porcupine Sedge Carex hystericina 1.69% 1.76 2.56 PLS oz.
Fox Sedge Carex stipata 0.56% 0.59 0.75 PLS oz.
Brown Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea 3.52% 3.67 1.60 PLS oz.
Common Rush Juncus effusus 7.04% 7.35 0.32 PLS oz.
Green Bulrush Scirpus atrovirens 6.48% 6.76 0.64 PLS oz.
Woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus 11.97% 12.49 0.32 PLS oz.
Soft-stem bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani 1.36% 1.42 2.00 PLS oz.
Forbs
Sweet Flag Acorus americanus 0.29% 0.30 2.00 PLS oz.
Water Plantain Alisma subcordatum 1.27% 1.32 0.96 PLS oz.
Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis 0.09% 0.09 0.50 PLS oz.
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata 0.11% 0.11 1.00 PLS oz.
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 0.73% 0.76 0.50 PLS oz.
Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium maculatus 2.09% 2.18 1.00 PLS oz.
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum 3.52% 3.67 1.00 PLS oz.
Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale 4.29% 4.48 1.50 PLS oz.
Ox-eye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides 0.44% 0.46 3.20 PLS oz.
Great St. John's Wort Hypericum pyramidatum 8.36% 8.72 2.00 PLS oz.
Southern Blue Flag Iris Iris virginica shrevei 0.04% 0.05 2.00 PLS oz.
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica 4.40% 4.59 0.40 PLS oz.
Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum 1.94% 2.02 0.40 PLS oz.
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta 8.10% 8.45 4.00 PLS oz.
Sweet Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa 1.42% 1.48 1.50 PLS oz.
Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum 0.02% 0.02 1.60 PLS oz.
Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum 0.02% 0.02 1.00 PLS oz.
Stiff goldenrod Oligoneuron rigidum 1.80% 1.88 2.00 PLS oz.
Purple Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum 0.24% 0.25 1.00 PLS oz.
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata 6.14% 6.40 3.00 PLS oz.
           
% of Mix  (Seeds/ft2) Seeds/ft2 Total lb / Acre
Grasses 18.13% 18.90 5.07
Sedges & Rushes 36.56% 38.14 0.92
Forbs 45.32% 47.28 1.91
Grand Total 100% 104.32 7.89