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$7.50
Panicum virgatum, Switchgrass, Native Grasses, Perennial Grass Plugs
Wholesale pricing is based on quantity. 50 plants (plugs) per tray with a required minimum purchase of 5 plants per species.
5 or more $7.50 each
25 or more $3.50 each
50 or more $1.65 each
300 or more $1.50 each
1,000 or more $1.40 each
2,500 or more call
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Description
Panicum virgatum, Switchgrass, Native Grasses, Perennial Grass Plugs
Botanic Name (s): Panicum virgatum
Common Name(s): Switchgrass
Mature height :3-6ft
Mature spread:3-6ft
Bloom Time:July-October, foliage is silvery blue, urns reddish in Fall
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Part Sun
Soil moisture: Dry Average Moist Wet
Soil Ph:4.5-8
Soil Type: Clay Soil- High clay content, fine texture
Loamy Soil- mostly silt, sand, some clay
Organic soil- high level of decayed leaves, bark
Sandy soil, coarse texture
Native Habitat: Fresh and brackish tidal and non tidal marshes, wet meadows, open woods, praries, dunes
Notes: food for sparrow species, grows in clumps, controls erosion
Erosion Control Flood Tolerant Drought tolerant
High Wildlife Value: Songbirds Game Birds Small Mammals Waterfowl
FAC- Occur in wetlands and non-wetlands
Native to Coastal Regions
Native To Mountain Regions
Native to Piedmont Regions
Native Grass
It provides good warm-season pasture and high quality hay for livestock. Erosion Control: Switchgrass is perhaps our most valuable native grass, adapted to a wide range of sites. It stabilizes soil on strip-mine spoils, sand dunes, dikes, gullies and other critical areas.
Use Ornamental: Attractive, Fall conspicuous, Pocket prairie, Grows in clumps, Accent
Use Wildlife: Fair Grazing; Seeds eaten by ground-feeding songbirds and game birds; Provides cover and nesting material.
Use Other: Used for range re-seeding.
Conspicuous Flowers: yes
Interesting Foliage: yes
Attracts: Birds , Butterflies
Larval Host: Delaware Skipper. The Grass Family is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs.
Deer Resistant: High
Panicum virgatum, Switchgrass, Native Grasses, Perennial Grass Plugs
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