VA Outer Coastal Plain Riparian 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

• 27.3% Schizachyrium scoparium, 'Camper'
  (Little Bluestem, ‘Camper’)
• 26.0% Panicum virgatum, NJ Ecotype
  (Switchgrass, NJ Ecotype)
• 20.0% Elymus virginicus, Madison-NY Ecotype
  (Virginia Wildrye, Madison-NY Ecotype)
• 10.0% Panicum clandestinum, Tioga
  (Deertongue, Tioga)
• 5.0% Panicum rigidulum, PA Ecotype
  (Redtop Panicgrass, PA Ecotype)
• 3.0% Helenium flexuosum, VA Ecotype
  (Purplehead Sneezeweed, VA Ecotype)
• 3.0% Rudbeckia hirta
  (Blackeyed Susan)
• 2.0% Chamaecrista fasciculata, PA Ecotype
  (Partridge Pea, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Chamaecrista nictitans, NC Ecotype
  (Sensitive Pea, NC Ecotype)
• 1.0% Eupatorium perfoliatum, PA Ecotype
  (Boneset, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Helenium autumnale, Northern VA Ecotype
  (Common Sneezeweed, Northern VA Ecotype)
• 0.7% Vernonia noveboracensis, PA Ecotype
  (New York Ironweed, PA Ecotype)

General Product Information

• Product Categories:

  Grasses & Grass-like Species, Herbaceous Flowering Species, Riparian Sites

• Life Cycle:

  Perennial

• Flower Color:

  Blue

• Typical Height:

  1.0 ft

• pH:

  4.0 – 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:

  20 lb per acre on areas with less than 3:1 slope; 40 lb per acre on areas with 3:1 slope or greater; add a cover crop of grain rye at 30 lb per acre