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 | 1.5 | |
| Centaurea nigra | Common Knapweed | 1 | |
| Cirsium palustre | Marsh Thistle | 0.1 | |
| Filipendula ulmaria | Meadowsweet | 1.5 | |
| Geranium pratense | Meadow Cranesbill | 2 | |
| Geum rivale | Water Avens | 1 | |
| Hypericum tetrapterum | Square stemmed St John’s wort | 0.2 | |
| 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 | 1.2 | |
| 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 | |
| Deschampsia caespitosa | Tufted Hair Grass | 7.4 | |
| Festuca rubra | Red Fescue | 36.5 | |
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canary Grass | 0.3 | |
| 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)’
