Multi-functional Native Pasture Mix

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Mix Composition

• 20.0% Andropogon gerardii, 'Niagara'
  (Big Bluestem, ‘Niagara’)
• 20.0% Andropogon gerardii, 'Prairie View'-IN Ecotype
  (Big Bluestem, ‘Prairie View’-IN Ecotype)
• 15.0% Elymus virginicus, Madison-NY Ecotype
  (Virginia Wildrye, Madison-NY Ecotype)
• 14.5% Panicum virgatum, 'Shawnee'
  (Switchgrass, ‘Shawnee’)
• 10.0% Panicum amarum, Atlantic-VA Ecotype
  (Coastal Panicgrass, Atlantic-VA Ecotype)
• 10.0% Sorghastrum nutans, PA Ecotype
  (Indiangrass, PA Ecotype)
• 3.0% Chamaecrista fasciculata, PA Ecotype
  (Partridge Pea, PA Ecotype)
• 2.2% Heliopsis helianthoides, PA Ecotype
  (Oxeye Sunflower, PA Ecotype)
• 1.5% Desmodium canadense, PA Ecotype
  (Showy Ticktrefoil, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Silphium perfoliatum
  (Cup Plant)
• 0.5% Aster novae-angliae, PA Ecotype
  (New England Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Desmodium paniculatum, PA Ecotype
  (Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Monarda fistulosa, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype
  (Wild Bergamot, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Senna hebecarpa, VA & WV Ecotype
  (Wild Senna, VA & WV Ecotype)
• 0.5% Senna marilandica
  (Maryland Senna)
• 0.3% Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
  (Narrowleaf Mountainmint)

General Product Information

• Product Categories:

  Biomass, Forage & Pasture Sites

• Life Cycle:

  Perennial

• Typical Height:

  6.5 ft

• pH:

  5.0 – 7.5

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:

  10 lbs PLS/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).