VA Southern Piedmont Detention Basin 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

• 30.0% Panicum virgatum, NJ Ecotype
  (Switchgrass, NJ Ecotype)
• 20.0% Elymus virginicus, PA Ecotype
  (Virginia Wildrye, PA Ecotype)
• 17.0% Panicum clandestinum, Tioga
  (Deertongue, Tioga)
• 15.5% Panicum rigidulum, PA Ecotype
  (Redtop Panicgrass, PA Ecotype)
• 5.0% Carex vulpinoidea, PA Ecotype
  (Fox Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 5.0% Chasmanthium latifolium, WV Ecotype
  (River Oats, WV Ecotype)
• 2.0% Agrostis perennans, Albany Pine Bush-NY Ecotype
  (Autumn Bentgrass, Albany Pine Bush-NY Ecotype)
• 2.0% Juncus effusus
  (Soft Rush)
• 2.0% Juncus tenuis, NC Ecotype
  (Path Rush, NC Ecotype)
• 0.4% Helenium autumnale, Northern VA Ecotype
  (Common Sneezeweed, Northern VA Ecotype)
• 0.4% Helenium flexuosum, VA Ecotype
  (Purplehead Sneezeweed, VA Ecotype)
• 0.4% Vernonia noveboracensis, PA Ecotype
  (New York Ironweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Scirpus cyperinus, PA Ecotype
  (Woolgrass, PA Ecotype)

General Product Information

• Product Categories:

  Grasses & Grass-like Species, Stormwater Management

• Life Cycle:

  Perennial

• Flower Color:

  Blue, Yellow

• Typical Height:

  1.0 ft

• pH:

  4.5 – 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:

  Seed at 20 lbs/acre with a cover crop. For a cover crop use Japanese Millet (10 lbs/acre; 1 May to 31 Aug), Barnyard Grass (10 lbs/acre; 1 May to 31 Aug), or Grain Rye (30 lbs/acre; 1 Sept to 30 Apr).