Lake Erie Bluff Mix

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Mix Composition

• 37.0% Schizachyrium scoparium, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype
  (Little Bluestem, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype)
• 15.0% Elymus canadensis
  (Canada Wildrye)
• 13.5% Chasmanthium latifolium, WV Ecotype
  (River Oats, WV Ecotype)
• 4.0% Chamaecrista fasciculata, PA Ecotype
  (Partridge Pea, PA Ecotype)
• 4.0% Coreopsis lanceolata
  (Lanceleaf Coreopsis)
• 4.0% Echinacea purpurea
  (Purple Coneflower)
• 3.0% Carex vulpinoidea, PA Ecotype
  (Fox Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 3.0% Rudbeckia hirta
  (Blackeyed Susan)
• 2.5% Heliopsis helianthoides, PA Ecotype
  (Oxeye Sunflower, PA Ecotype)
• 2.0% Asclepias syriaca
  (Common Milkweed)
• 2.0% Verbena hastata, PA Ecotype
  (Blue Vervain, PA Ecotype)
• 1.5% Asclepias incarnata, PA Ecotype
  (Swamp Milkweed, PA Ecotype)
• 1.5% Liatris spicata
  (Marsh Blazing Star)
• 1.1% Baptisia australis
  (Blue False Indigo)
• 1.0% Andropogon gerardii, 'Niagara'
  (Big Bluestem, ‘Niagara’)
• 1.0% Panicum virgatum, 'Shawnee'
  (Switchgrass, ‘Shawnee’)
• 1.0% Sorghastrum nutans, New England 2 Ecotype
  (Indiangrass, New England 2 Ecotype)
• 0.7% Gaillardia pulchella
  (Annual Gaillardia (Indian Blanket))
• 0.5% Senna marilandica
  (Maryland Senna)
• 0.4% Aster laevis, NY Ecotype
  (Smooth Blue Aster, NY Ecotype)
• 0.2% Apocynum cannabinum, PA Ecotype
  (Indianhemp, PA Ecotype)
• 0.2% Aster novae-angliae, PA Ecotype
  (New England Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.2% Centaurea cyanus
  (Cornflower (Bachelor’s Button))
• 0.2% Eupatorium purpureum, WV Ecotype
  (Purple Node Joe Pye Weed, WV Ecotype)
• 0.2% Monarda fistulosa, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype
  (Wild Bergamot, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype)
• 0.2% Solidago rigida, OH Ecotype
  (Stiff Goldenrod, OH Ecotype)
• 0.1% Zizia aurea
  (Golden Alexanders)

General Product Information

• Species:

  Lake Erie Bluff Mix

• Product Categories:

  Erosion Control & Revegetation, Grasses & Grass-like Species, Herbaceous Flowering Species

• Life Cycle:

  Perennial

Indicator Regions

• Northcentral & Northeast:

• Midwest

• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain

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Tolerances

Seed Information

• Seeding rate per acre in a mix:

  20 lbs/acre with 30 lbs/acre of a cover crop. For a cover crop use either grain oats (1 Jan to 31 Jul) or grain rye (1 Aug to 31 Dec).