MD Lower Midland OBL Mix

Mix formulations are subject to change without notice depending on the availability of existing and new products. While the formula may change, the guiding philosophy and function of the mix will not.

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Mix Composition

• 20.0% Carex vulpinoidea, PA Ecotype
  (Fox Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 15.0% Panicum rigidulum, PA Ecotype
  (Redtop Panicgrass, PA Ecotype)
• 12.0% Carex frankii, PA Ecotype
  (Frank’s Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 12.0% Carex lurida, PA Ecotype
  (Lurid Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 10.0% Carex scoparia, PA Ecotype
  (Blunt Broom Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 10.0% Elymus virginicus, Madison-NY Ecotype
  (Virginia Wildrye, Madison-NY Ecotype)
• 5.0% Verbena hastata, PA Ecotype
  (Blue Vervain, PA Ecotype)
• 3.0% Juncus effusus
  (Soft Rush)
• 2.0% Asclepias incarnata, PA Ecotype
  (Swamp Milkweed, PA Ecotype)
• 1.2% Bidens cernua, PA Ecotype
  (Nodding Bur Marigold, PA Ecotype)
• 1.1% Aster novae-angliae, PA Ecotype
  (New England Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Carex crinita, PA Ecotype
  (Fringed Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Carex stricta, PA Ecotype
  (Tussock Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Eupatorium perfoliatum, PA Ecotype
  (Boneset, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Glyceria striata, PA Ecotype
  (Fowl Mannagrass, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Helenium autumnale, Northern VA Ecotype
  (Common Sneezeweed, Northern VA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Juncus tenuis, PA Ecotype
  (Path Rush, PA Ecotype)
• 0.7% Vernonia noveboracensis, PA Ecotype
  (New York Ironweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.6% Aster puniceus, PA Ecotype
  (Purplestem Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.4% Lobelia siphilitica, PA Ecotype
  (Great Blue Lobelia, PA Ecotype)
• 0.4% Solidago rugosa, PA Ecotype
  (Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Mimulus ringens, PA Ecotype
  (Square Stemmed Monkeyflower, PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Scirpus cyperinus, PA Ecotype
  (Woolgrass, PA Ecotype)

General Product Information

• Species:

  MD Lower Midland OBL Mix

• Product Categories:

  Grasses & Grass-like Species, Herbaceous Flowering Species, Wet Meadows & Wetlands

• Life Cycle:

  Perennial

• Flower Color:

  Blue, Pink, Purple, Yellow

• Typical Height:

  0.7 ft

• pH:

  4.0 – 8.5

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 a cover crop. For a cover crop use either grain rye (30 lbs/acre; 1 Sep to 30 Apr) or Japanese millet (10 lbs/acre; 1 May to 31 Aug.)