Spence Restoration Nursery

Wet Mesic Prairie

Big Bluestem - Andropogon gerardii

  • Communities): Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 5-8 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 07 - July, 08 - August
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Coarse
  • Seed Cost/oz. $1.13
  • Seed Cost/lb. $15

Sullivants Milkweed - Asclepias sullivantii

  • Communities): Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Forb
  • Plant Height(s): 3-4 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 07 - July, 08 - August
  • Sun Sun
  • Seed Cost/oz. $75
  • Seed Cost/lb. $1125

Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca

  • Communities): Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Forb
  • Plant Height(s): 2-6 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 06 - June, 07 - July, 08 - August
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Pink - Purple Red
  • Seed Cost/oz. $20
  • Seed Cost/lb. $300

Blue False Indigo - Baptisia australis

  • Communities): Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Forb
  • Plant Height(s): 2-4 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May, 06 - June
  • Sun Sun-psun
  • Color Blue
  • Seed Cost/oz. $17
  • Seed Cost/lb. $255

Yellow Fox Sedge - Carex annectens var xanthocarpa

  • Communities): Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 2-3 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May, 06 - June
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Fine
  • Seed Cost/oz. $22
  • Seed Cost/lb. $330

Porcupine Sedge - Carex hystericina

  • Communities): Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 1-2 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May, 06 - June
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Medium
  • Seed Cost/oz. $22
  • Seed Cost/lb. $330

Wooly Sedge - Carex pellita

  • Communities): Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 1-2 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Medium
  • Seed Cost/oz. $NA
  • Seed Cost/lb. $NA

Lance-Fruited Oval Sedge - Carex scoparia

  • Communities): Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 2-3 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Medium
  • Seed Cost/oz. $22
  • Seed Cost/lb. $330

Fox Sedge - Carex vulpinoidea

  • Communities): Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 2-3 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May, 06 - June
  • Sun Sun-psun
  • Color Fine
  • Seed Cost/oz. $10
  • Seed Cost/lb. $150

Grass Leaved Goldenrod - Euthamia graminifolia (Solidago graminifolia)

  • Communities): Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Forb
  • Plant Height(s): 3-4 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 09 - September, 10 - October
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Yellow
  • Seed Cost/oz. $60
  • Seed Cost/lb. $900