Switchgrass 'BLACKWELL' (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. Blackwell Cultivar plant material is from a single plant collected near Blackwell, Oklahoma and was developed for forage and resistance to disease. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight. You are only paying for viable seed.
Species Details
| Common Name (Botanical Name) | Switchgrass 'BLACKWELL' (Panicum virgatum) |
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| Bloom Season | Warm Season |
| 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 | 5-6ft |
| USDA Zones | 3a;3b;4a;4b;5a;5b;6a;6b;7a;7b;8a;8b;9a;9b; |
| RNS Region | 4; |
| Planting rate/Acre | 6-8 |
| Seeds Per Lb. | 248000 |
| Seeds Per Oz | 15500 |
| Seeds Per Packet | 750 |
| Product Benefits | Deer Resistant;Wildlife Cover;Wildlife Food;Wildlife Nesting;Quality Forage;Biomass;Erosion Control; |