Wet Prairie Native Seed Mix - Specifications

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Common Name	Scientific Name	% of Mix (Seeds/ft²)	Seeds/ft²	Total oz. / Acre
Common Name	Scientific Name	% of Mix (Seeds/ft²)	Seeds/ft²	Total oz. / Acre
Grasses

Virginia Wild Rye	Elymus virginicus	2.95%	3.7	38.40	PLS oz
Fowl Manna Grass	Glyceria striata	2.20%	2.75	0.75	PLS oz
Rice cut grass	Leersia oryzoides	0.62%	0.78	1.00	PLS oz
Fowl Bluegrass	Poa palustris	2.38%	2.98	1.00	PLS oz
Prairie Cord Grass	Spartina pectinata	0.12%	0.15	1.00	PLS oz
Sporobolus heterolepis	Prairie dropseed	0.20%	.26	0.70	PLS oz


Sedges & Rushes
Bottlebrush Sedge	Carex comosa	1.10%	1.38	2.00	PLS oz
Porcupine Sedge	Carex hystericina	1.65%	2.07	3.00	PLS oz
Pointed-broom Sedge	Carex scoparia	1.97%	2.47	1.28	PLS oz
Fox Sedge	Carex stipata	0.47%	0.59	0.75	PLS oz
Brown Fox Sedge	Carex vulpinoidea	2.63%	3.31	1.44	PLS oz
Green Bulrush	Scirpus atrovirens	16.83%	21.12	2.00	PLS oz
Woolgrass	Scirpus cyperinus	31.11%	39.03	1.00	PLS oz
Softstem Bulrush	Scirpus validus	1.13%	1.42	2.00	PLS oz

Forbs
Canada Anemone	Anemone canadensis	0.07%	0.09	0.50	PLS oz
Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	0.13%	0.17	1.50	PLS oz
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	0.60%	0.76	0.50	PLS oz
Showy Tick Trefoil	Desmodium canadense	0.10%	0.12	0.96	PLS oz
Joe Pye Weed	Eutrochium maculatum	1.11%	1.40	0.64	PLS oz
Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	2.93%	3.67	1.00	PLS oz
Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	4.76%	5.97	2.00	PLS oz
Ox-eye Sunflower	Heliopsis helianthoides	0.12%	0.14	1.00	PLS oz
Great St. John's Wort	Hypericum pyramidatum	3.48%	4.36	1.00	PLS oz
Southern Blue Flag Iris	Iris virginica shrevei	0.04%	0.05	2.00	PLS oz
Prairie Blazingstar	Liatris pycnostachya	0.30%	0.38	1.50	PLS oz
Marsh Blazingstar	Liatris spicata	0.39%	0.48	0.12	PLS oz
Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	4.57%	5.74	0.50	PLS oz
Obedient Plant	Physostegia virginiana	0.19%	0.24	0.96	PLS oz
Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum virginianum	3.02%	3.79	0.75	PLS oz
Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	2.15%	2.70	0.08	PLS oz
Cup Plant	Silphium perfoliatum	0.02%	0.02	1.28	PLS oz
Prairie Dock	Silphium terebinthinaceum	0.01%	0.01	0.64	PLS oz
Stiff goldenrod	Oligoneuron rigidum	1.50%	1.88	2.00	PLS oz
Purple Meadow Rue	Thalictrum dasycarpum	0.20%	0.25	1.00	PLS oz
Blue Vervain	Verbena hastata	3.40%	4.27	2.00	PLS oz
Common Ironweed	Vernonia fasciculata	0.56%	0.71	1.28	PLS oz
Culver's Root	Veronicastrum virginicum	4.68%	5.88	0.32	PLS oz
Golden Alexanders	Zizia aurea	0.30%	0.38	1.50	PLS oz



		% of Mix (Seeds/ft²)	Seeds/ft²	Total lbs. / Acre
		% of Mix (Seeds/ft²)	Seeds/ft²	Total lbs. / Acre
	Grasses	8.27%	10.63	2.68
	Sedges & Rushes	56.89%	71.37	0.84
	Forbs	34.64%	43.46	1.75
	Grand Total	100%	125.47	5.27