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Switchgrass 'CAVE-IN-ROCK' (Panicum virgatum)

PriceFrom $4.50
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Switchgrass is a 3' to 7'+ tall native perennial bunch grass, and is one of our most important tall warm season grasses. It has adapted regionally to widely differing soils, rainfall, and climate conditions over most of the US. It is an ornamental grass widely used in landscaping and gardens. It is a good windbreak and screen plant and provides excellent nesting, brood rearing, and cover for ground nesting birds and small mammals as well as bedding areas, fawn concealment sites, and travel lanes for deer. Switchgrass is an important forage plant and potential source of biomass for biofuel production. Cave-in-Rock Cultivar plant material is from near the Ohio River at Cave-in-Rock, Illinois and was developed for forage, and a variety of other uses.
Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight. You are only paying for viable seed.
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Common Name (Botanical Name) Switchgrass 'CAVE-IN-ROCK' (Panicum virgatum)

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Bloom Season Summer
Group Grasses and Grass-Like
Bloom Color Green
Duration Perennial
Soil moisture Dry (Xeric);Medium (Mesic)
Soil texture Coarse (Sand);Medium (Silt/Loam);Fine (Clay)
Sun Exposure Full Sun
Status Native
Wetland status FACW;FAC;FACU;UPL
pH Acidic;Neutral;Alkaline
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Average height 4-5ft
USDA Zones 3a;3b;4a;4b;5a;5b;6a;6b;7a;7b;8a;8b;9a;9b;
RNS Region 2
Planting rate/Acre 6-8
Seeds Per Lb. 276000
Seeds Per Oz 17250
Seeds Per Packet 750
Product Benefits Deer Resistant;Wildlife Cover;Wildlife Food;Wildlife Nesting;Quality Forage;Biomass;Erosion Control;

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