Peltandra virginica, PA Ecotype

Arrow Arum, PA Ecotype

Bunch-type species; seeds must be stored cold and wet; seed pods containing numerous large seeds that ripen in the fall are a source of food for wood ducks, muskrats, and rails; foliage provides cover for aquatic mammals, wading birds, and waterfowl.
Species:
Arrow Arum, PA Ecotype
Species Type:
Native
Product Categories:
Characteristics:
Bunch-type species; seeds must be stored cold and wet; seed pods containing numerous large seeds that ripen in the fall are a source of food for wood ducks, muskrats, and rails; foliage provides cover for aquatic mammals, wading birds, and waterfowl.
Habitat:
Swamps, stream or lake edges, tidal marshes.
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Bloom Period:
Spring/Summer
Typical Height:
1.60000
Minimum Root Depth:
16
pH:
5.00000
-
8.80000
Northcentral & Northeast:
OBL
Midwest
OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont:
OBL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain
OBL
Northcentral & Northeast:
OBL
Approximate seeds per lb:
600
Seeding rate per acre in a mix:
up to 5 lb
Truax Seedbox:
Hand

$13.00 /lb