Wet Mesic Prairie Mix

A mix of sedges, grasses and wildflowers that will tolerate seasonal saturation, as well as drier conditions during summer and fall. Use above the sedge meadow mix in our Lake Edge Enhancement System.

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PLS oz/acre Grasses and Sedges
16 Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem)
2 Carex annectans xanthocarpa (Yellow Fox Sedge)
2 Carex frankii (Frank’s Sedge)
6 Carex vulpinoidea (Fox Sedge)
32 Elymus canadensis (Canada Wild Rye)
32 Elymus virginicus (Virginia Wild Rye)
2 Glyceria striata (Fowl Manna Grass)
4 Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
16 Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)
112 Subtotal
PLS oz/acre Forbs
1 Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
1 Baptisia alba (White False Indigo)
3 Coreopsis tripteris (Tall Coreopsis)
3 Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
2 Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
0.5 Euthamia graminifolia  (Grass-Leaved Goldernrod)
1 Helianthus grosseserratus (Sawtooth Sunflower)
4 Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)
2 Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star)
0.5 Monarda fistulosa (Bergamot)
1 Oligoneuron riddellii (Riddell’s Goldenrod)
2 Oligoneuron rigidum (Stiff Goldenrod)
0.5 Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beardtongue)
0.5 Pycnanthemum virginianum (Mountain Mint)
4 Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower)
3 Rudbeckia fulgida speciosa (Showy Black-Eyed Susan)
3 Rudbeckia hirta (Black-Eyed Susan)
3 Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Black-Eyed Susan)
3 Senna hebecarpa (Wild Senna)
2 Silphium integrifolium (Rosinweed)
4 Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)
0.5 Symphyotrichum firmum (Shining Aster)
1 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)
2 Vernonia fasciculata (Smooth Ironweed)
0.5 Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s Root)
48 Subtotal