Partially Shaded Area Roadside Mix

The native grasses and forbs are ideal for roadside areas and woodland margins. 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

• 46.9% Schizachyrium scoparium, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype
  (Little Bluestem, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype)
• 18.3% Elymus virginicus, PA Ecotype
  (Virginia Wildrye, PA Ecotype)
• 9.5% Echinacea purpurea
  (Purple Coneflower)
• 6.8% Elymus hystrix, PA Ecotype
  (Bottlebrush Grass, PA Ecotype)
• 3.0% Chamaecrista fasciculata, PA Ecotype
  (Partridge Pea, PA Ecotype)
• 3.0% Rudbeckia hirta
  (Blackeyed Susan)
• 1.8% Heliopsis helianthoides, PA Ecotype
  (Oxeye Sunflower, PA Ecotype)
• 1.1% Geum canadense, PA Ecotype
  (White Avens, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Liatris spicata
  (Marsh Blazing Star)
• 1.0% Penstemon digitalis, PA Ecotype
  (Tall White Beardtongue, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Zizia aurea, PA Ecotype
  (Golden Alexanders, PA Ecotype)
• 0.6% Baptisia australis, Southern WV Ecotype
  (Blue False Indigo, Southern WV Ecotype)
• 0.5% Anemone virginiana, PA Ecotype
  (Thimbleweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Gaura biennis, PA Ecotype
  (Biennial Beeblossom, PA Ecotype)
• 0.5% Rudbeckia triloba, WV Ecotype
  (Browneyed Susan, WV Ecotype)
• 0.4% Asclepias tuberosa, PA Ecotype
  (Butterfly Milkweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.4% Aster macrophyllus, PA Ecotype
  (Bigleaf Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.4% Aster pilosus, PA Ecotype
  (Heath Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.4% Pycnanthemum incanum, MD Ecotype
  (Hoary Mountainmint, MD Ecotype)
• 0.4% Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
  (Narrowleaf Mountainmint)
• 0.3% Asclepias syriaca, PA Ecotype
  (Common Milkweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Monarda fistulosa, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype
  (Wild Bergamot, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Solidago bicolor, PA Ecotype
  (White Goldenrod, PA Ecotype)
• 0.2% Aquilegia canadensis
  (Eastern Columbine)
• 0.2% Aster lateriflorus
  (Calico Aster)
• 0.2% Aster prenanthoides, PA Ecotype
  (Zigzag Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.2% Penstemon laevigatus, PA Ecotype
  (Appalachian Beardtongue, PA Ecotype)
• 0.2% Solidago nemoralis, PA Ecotype
  (Gray Goldenrod, PA Ecotype)
• 0.2% Tradescantia ohiensis, PA Ecotype
  (Ohio Spiderwort, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Oenothera fruticosa var. fruticosa
  (Sundrops)
• 0.1% Penstemon hirsutus
  (Hairy Beardtongue)
• 0.1% Solidago juncea, PA Ecotype
  (Early Goldenrod, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Solidago odora, PA Ecotype
  (Licorice Scented Goldenrod, PA Ecotype)

General Product Information

• Product Categories:

  Grasses & Grass-like Species, Herbaceous Flowering Species, Pollinator Favorites, Woodland Openings

• Life Cycle:

  Perennial

• Typical Height:

  4.5 ft

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).