OBL Wetland Mix

Adapts to standing water during part or all of the year. Excellent for obligate wetland mitigation sites; provides nectar for pollinators. 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

• 25.0% Carex vulpinoidea, PA Ecotype
  (Fox Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 20.6% Carex lurida, PA Ecotype
  (Lurid Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 20.0% Carex scoparia, PA Ecotype
  (Blunt Broom Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 10.0% Carex intumescens, PA Ecotype
  (Star Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 5.0% Elymus virginicus, PA Ecotype
  (Virginia Wildrye, PA Ecotype)
• 4.0% Verbena hastata, PA Ecotype
  (Blue Vervain, PA Ecotype)
• 3.0% Juncus effusus
  (Soft Rush)
• 2.5% Carex crinita, PA Ecotype
  (Fringed Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 1.5% Bidens cernua, PA Ecotype
  (Nodding Bur Marigold, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Asclepias incarnata, PA Ecotype
  (Swamp Milkweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.7% Vernonia noveboracensis, PA Ecotype
  (New York Ironweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Aster lanceolatus
  (Lance Leaved Aster)
• 0.5% Aster novae-angliae, PA Ecotype
  (New England Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Aster prenanthoides, PA Ecotype
  (Zigzag Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Aster puniceus, PA Ecotype
  (Purplestem Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Carex stipata, PA Ecotype
  (Awl Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Eupatorium perfoliatum, PA Ecotype
  (Boneset, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Helenium autumnale, PA Ecotype
  (Common Sneezeweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Lycopus americanus, PA Ecotype
  (American Water Horehound, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Scirpus atrovirens, PA Ecotype
  (Green Bulrush, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Scirpus cyperinus, PA Ecotype
  (Woolgrass, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Solidago rugosa, PA Ecotype
  (Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Carex stricta, PA Ecotype
  (Tussock Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Eupatorium fistulosum, PA Ecotype
  (Joe Pye Weed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Lobelia siphilitica, PA Ecotype
  (Great Blue Lobelia, PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Mimulus ringens, PA Ecotype
  (Square Stemmed Monkeyflower, PA Ecotype)

General Product Information

• Product Categories:

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

• Life Cycle:

  Perennial

• Flower Color:

  Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Red, White

• Typical Height:

  4.5 ft

• pH:

  4.0 – 8.9

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 lb per acre, or 1/2 lb per 1,000 sq ft with a cover crop. For a cover crop use one of the following: grain rye (1 Sep to 30 Apr; 30 lbs/acre), Japanese millet (1 May to 31 Aug; 10 lbs/acre), or barnyard grass (1 May to 31 Aug; 10 lbs/acre).