Carex lurida (Sallow Sedge) CRP Seed Mix

Carex lurida (Sallow Sedge) CRP Seed MixCarex lurida (Sallow Sedge) is a wetland sedge commonly found in prairie swales, sedge meadows, marshes, and swamps. Reaching about three feet high and wide, it will tolerate a broad range of light conditions, provided it has enough moisture to cope with direct sunlight. Many butterflies, moths, and skippers use it as larval food and several species of birds consume the seeds Sun Exposure Prairie Savanna Soil Conditions Wet, Wet Mesic Height 3' Flower

this medium-sized sedge has mid-green foliage and spreads by rhizomes and works well as a background texture matrix to be filled with flowers

and NRCS provides technical land eligibility determinations and conservation planning

Festuca arundinacea

Photo By: James Lindsey at Ecology of Commanster [CC BY-SA 2

Spike Rush

Lycopus americanus (Water Horehound) is a common wetland plant found in a multitude of wetland types including marshes

Agastache scrophulariifolia (Purple Giant Hyssop) is a large perennial in the mint family with square stems and pale lavender flower spikes from July until fall

and Symphyotrichum laeve

double if weed pressure is high

It likes it slightly wetter so if planted in a drier or clayey soil it may need water during the dry summer months

The leaves are deeply divided into three segments

You may notice some similar species in the Detention Basin