Built with a strong suite of native wet-tolerant grasses, sedges, rushes, and flowering forbs, this mix provides continuous bloom from spring through fall and creates the open, structurally diverse plant community favored by pollinators, songbirds, water-edge wildlife, and upland bird broods.
Milkweed, Swamp (Marsh) (0.3), Milkweed, Common (0.15), Sedge, Fox (0.4), Tick-trefoil, Showy (Canada) (0.3), Tick-Trefoil, Panicledleaf, PA Ecotype (0.4), Wildrye, Virginia (1), Boneset, Common (0.15), Sneezeweed (0.15), Rush, Common (0.25), Rice Cut Grass (0.3), Bergamot, Wild (Prairie Beebalm) (0.25), Beardtongue, Foxglove (Smooth penstemon) (0.15), Mint, Narrowleaf Mountain (Slender) (0.1), Susan, Black-eyed (0.2), Bluestem, Little (VNS) (0.6), Goldenrod, Showy (0.15), Aster, New England (0.15), Vervain, Blue (0.2), Alexander, Golden (0.2). Created January 2026.
Key Benefits
- Excellent pollinator support with milkweeds, asters, goldenrods, bergamot, vervain, and sneezeweed
- Ideal for wet meadow and riparian transition zones — not true standing water
- Strong late-season bloom for fall pollinators and migrating insects
- Dense but navigable structure for wildlife movement and nesting
- Adapted for seasonal flooding followed by drier summer conditions
Site Suitability
- Wet meadows
- Ditchbanks and drainageways
- Pond margins and flood-prone lowlands
- Riparian buffers and conservation set-asides
Wildlife & Pollinator Value
- Monarch and native butterfly support (swamp and common milkweed)
- High nectar and pollen production from spring through fall
- Brood cover for ground-nesting birds
- Seed and cover for songbirds and small mammals
This mix is commonly used in projects aligned with:
- NRCS Wetland Restoration / Enhancement (Code 643)
- NRCS Wildlife Habitat Planting (Code 420)
- NRCS Pollinator Habitat (Code 327) when installed on wet-mesic sites
(Final approval should always be confirmed with a local NRCS planner.)
Establishment Notes
- Best planted late fall (dormant seeding) or early spring
- Perform light site prep; avoid deep tillage in wet soils
- Temporary spring moisture is beneficial, but long-term standing water is not required
- Mow high in Year 1 if needed to control annual weeds
