Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Native Plant Species at the Restoration Site


Our shoreland plant seed mix includes the following:

Native Prairie plants:  Lavender Hyssop, leadplant,butterfly milkweed,sky blue aster,smooth blue aster, lanceleaf coreopsis, white and purple clover, pale purple coneflower, round headed bushclover, rough blazingstar, wild lupine, dotted mint, smooth penstemon, black eyed susan, stiff goldenrod, showy goldenrod, ohio spiderwort, hoary vervain, side oats grama, little bluestem, june grass and prairie dropseed.


Native Shoreline plants: prairie cordgrass, hardstem bulrush, softstem bulrush, three square bulrush, sweet flag, swamp milkweed (photo), carex spp., blue flag iris, burreed, marsh marigolds,wool grass. 

Seeds have exclusively been provided through Marshland Transplant, with technical assistance provided at each planting session.  

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