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Switchgrass 'NEBRASKA 28' (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. Nebraska 28 Cultivar plant materials is a low growing plant from Nebraska and developed for use in the Upper Midwest.
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 'NEBRASKA 28' (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 4-5ft
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. 320000
Seeds Per Oz 20000
Seeds Per Packet 750
Product Benefits Deer Resistant;Wildlife Cover;Wildlife Food;Wildlife Nesting;Quality Forage;Biomass;Erosion Control;

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