Retention Basin Wildlife Mix

The grasses, grass-like species and forbs provide a diverse cover in retention basins where mowing is not anticipated. 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

• 30.0% Panicum clandestinum, Tioga
  (Deertongue, Tioga)
• 29.5% Carex vulpinoidea, PA Ecotype
  (Fox Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 20.0% Elymus virginicus, Madison-NY Ecotype
  (Virginia Wildrye, Madison-NY Ecotype)
• 7.0% Carex lurida, PA Ecotype
  (Lurid Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 7.0% Carex scoparia, PA Ecotype
  (Blunt Broom Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 3.0% Verbena hastata, PA Ecotype
  (Blue Vervain, PA Ecotype)
• 1.5% Juncus effusus
  (Soft Rush)
• 0.5% Agrostis perennans, Albany Pine Bush-NY Ecotype
  (Autumn Bentgrass, Albany Pine Bush-NY Ecotype)
• 0.5% Asclepias incarnata, PA Ecotype
  (Swamp Milkweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.2% Helenium autumnale, PA Ecotype
  (Common Sneezeweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.2% Scirpus cyperinus, PA Ecotype
  (Woolgrass, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Aster lanceolatus
  (Lance Leaved Aster)
• 0.1% Aster novae-angliae, PA Ecotype
  (New England Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Aster puniceus, PA Ecotype
  (Purplestem Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Lobelia siphilitica, PA Ecotype
  (Great Blue Lobelia, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Mimulus ringens, PA Ecotype
  (Square Stemmed Monkeyflower, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Scirpus atrovirens, PA Ecotype
  (Green Bulrush, PA Ecotype)

General Product Information

• Product Categories:

  Grasses & Grass-like Species, Herbaceous Flowering Species, Stormwater Management, Wildlife Habitat & Food Plots

• 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 per acre, or 0.5-1 lb/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).