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Meadow
Mixture
for Wetlands This
seed mixture consists of perennial (apart from Yellow Rattle which
is an annual) wild flower
seeds (20% by weight) and wild grass species (80% by weight). It
contains species able to tolerate a fluctuating water table and periods
of being waterlogged. Most plants need to be
well established to withstand winter flooding, so seeding needs to take
place very early in autumn or better still, in spring. All of the wild
flower seeds are of British native wild origin. The grass seed is
of British native wild origin where possible (marked with W). The
seeds should be sown at the rate
of 4g per square metre. The mix will consist of
seeds from the
following:
Wild
Flowers:
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Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil
Lotus pedunculatus
§ Common
Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
§ Cowslip
Primula veris
§
Betony
Stachys officinalis
§ Ribwort
Plantain
Plantago
lanceolata
§ Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
§ Lady's
Bedstraw
Galium verum
§ Meadow
Buttercup
Ranunculus
acris
§
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
§ Ragged
Robin
Lychnis flos-cuculi
§
Pepper Saxifrage
Silaum silaus
§ Devil's
Bit Scabious
Succisa pratensis
§ Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
§
Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
§ Tufted
Vetch
Vicia cracca
§
Yellow Rattle
Rhinanthus minor
§
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Grasses:
§
Crested
Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
§
Common Bent
Agrostis capillaris
§ Quaking
Grass
Briza media
§ Sweet
Vernal Grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
§ Slender
Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
§ Meadow
Foxtail
Alopecuris pratensis
§ Tufted
Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
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