Description
Wet Meadow Mix (SCM2)
This mix has a colourful range of species for wet soils, including sites which are occasionally flooded or waterlogged for short periods. There are 19 wildflower & 9 grass, rush & sedge species in this mix. Mix as PDF
| Species | Common name | % | ||
| 20 | % wildflowers | |||
| Achillea ptarmica | Sneezewort | 1 | ||
| Centaurea nigra | Common Knapweed | 1 | ||
| Cirsium palustre | Marsh Thistle | 0.1 | ||
| Filipendula ulmaria | Meadowsweet | 2.3 | ||
| Geranium pratense | Meadow Cranesbill | 2 | ||
| Geum rivale | Water Avens | 1 | ||
| Hypericum tetrapterum | Square-stemmed St John’s wort | 0.1 | ||
| Hypochaeris radicata | Cats Ear | 1 | ||
| Iris pseudacorus | Yellow Flag Iris | 2.5 | ||
| Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox-eye Daisy | 1 | ||
| Lotus uliginosus | Greater trefoil | 1 | ||
| Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort Plantain | 1 | ||
| Prunella vulgaris | Selfheal | 0.5 | ||
| Ranunculus acris | Meadow Buttercup | 1 | ||
| Rhinanthus minor | Yellow Rattle | 1 | ||
| Rumex acetosa | Common Sorrel | 1 | ||
| Scorzoneroides autumnalis | Autumn Hawkbit | 1 | ||
| Silene flos-cuculi | Ragged Robin | 1 | ||
| Succisa pratensis | Devils-bit Scabious | 0.5 | ||
| 80 | % grasses, sedges & rushes | |||
| Agrostis capillaris | Common Bent (c) | 10 | ||
| Alopecurus pratensis | Meadow Foxtail | 5 | ||
| Carex ovalis | Oval Sedge | 0.2 | ||
| Juncus articulatus | Jointed Rush | 0.1 | ||
| Juncus squarrosus | Heath Rush | 0.1 | ||
| Deschampsia caespitosa | Tufted Hair Grass | 7 | ||
| Festuca rubra | Red Fescue | 36.5 | ||
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canary Grass | 0.5 | ||
| Poa pratensis | Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass (c) | 20.6 | ||
(c) all of the wildflowers in our mixes are wild origin but sometimes the native grasses in our mixes are cultivated origin – these will be marked with ‘(c)’
