Designed for NRCS Practice 643 – Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management
This blend features moisture-tolerant milkweed, sedges for soil stability and brood structure, nectar from early-through-late-summer bloomers (bergamot, smooth blue aster, blue vervain), and seedheads favored by finches and wetland creatures. It’s built light enough on grasses to avoid choking out forbs — making it ideal for pollinator-forward ecological projects.
Why Install This Mix
- Pollinator-rich – blooms May–October
- Supports monarch caterpillars (swamp milkweed)
- Sedges provide brood structure & soil holding
- Great for soft-edge habitat: quail, turkey poults, amphibians
- Clean & NRCS-friendly seed profile
Species Included
Milkweed, Swamp (Marsh) (0.4), Sedge, Hop (1), Sedge, Fox (1.27), Wildrye, Virginia (1.27), Joe-Pye-Weed (0.08), Boneset, Common (0.08), Sneezeweed (0.06), Bergamot, Wild (Prairie Beebalm) (0.16), Susan, Black-eyed (0.32), Aster, Smooth Blue (0.08), Vervain, Blue (0.08), Alexander, Golden (0.32). Created January 2026.
Ideal for:
- Wet field edges, seepage zones, swales
- Along ditches / irrigation courses
- Pond edges & seasonal depressions
- Wetland buffers in agricultural landscapes
- NRCS 643 projects requiring native vegetation
Installer Notes
- Seeding Window: Early spring (April–June) or dormant fall seeding (Nov–freeze) recommended
- Seedbed: Firm, weed-free, lightly tilled or no-till into dead vegetation
- Seeding Depth: 0–¼ inch – do not bury small forb seed
- Optional nurse crop: oats (spring) or winter rye (fall) at 10–20 lbs/ac to suppress annuals
- Management: Mow mid-summer year 1 if weeds exceed 12–16"; allow flowering year 2+
