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Aid for Rebuilding Stream Bank Buffer Zones
Riparian Recovery Mix
Item #: 4506
Category: Native Seed Mixes
Habit: Annual & Perennial
Planting Rates:
Rangeland 12 lbs per acre
Lawn & Garden DPAK - 250 sf 1 lb - 1,250 sf 3 lb - 3,750 sf
Price: DPAK - $24 1 lb - $49 3 lb - $147
SOIL TYPE |
SUNLIGHT |
Soil Moisture |
Sand |
Loam |
Clay |
Caliche |
Full |
Partial |
Dappled |
Shade |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
medium |
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Description
Ecosystem in a Bag of native grass & wildflower species. Aid for Rebuilding Stream Bank Buffer Zones.
Texas alone is home to more than 3,700-streams & 15 major rivers. Totaling 191,000-miles, riparian areas are essential in storing and protecting water quality, preventing erosion, and providing nutrients and habitat for fish, fireflies and wildlife. Our actions can sustain healthy, vibrant natural riparian areas for all to enjoy now and in the future.
Often, the best thing you can do for stream banks is leave them alone. Heavy equipment compacts soil, making recovery difficult. Cleared, manicured turf lawns are extremely low stabilizer plant communities offering little soil protection or water filtration. After flooding, leave downed trees and drift in place where practical.
Native, deep-rooted, diverse plant communtities work together with big dead wood, limbs and debris to help dissipate floodwater energy, filter and trap sediment, and stabilize soil and plant recovery. Regeneration can occur naturally in riparian areas especially where there are existing healthy uplands in place. Download a free Managing Riparian Areas Booklet at RemarkableRiparian.org
Plants are not equal in providing stability, native plants make riparian areas function. Stability Ratings (see brown circles on left with SR number) according to ability to withstand erosive forces of water.
1 = bare ground 10 = anchored rock
6-7 minimum necessary for adequate bank stability. SR of individual plants is multiplied when in interconnected colonies.
Watch Video: Letting the River Heal Itself
Riparian areas make good habitat for Fireflies
You may also be interested in: Live Roots Erosion Control Blankets Trail Builder
When planting in cool season (Sept - Feb), Cereal Rye Grain is recommended as a nurse crop for quick germination and erosion control.
Contains:
Eastern Gamagrass
Prairie Wildrye
Switchgrass
Big Bluestem
Virginia Wildrye
Green Sprangletop
Indiangrass
Inland Seaoats
Sideoats Grama
Plains Bristlegrass
Florida Paspalum
Sand Dropseed
Texas Cupgrass
Alkali Sacaton
Illinois Bundleflower
Plains Coreopsis
Black-Eyed Susan
Cutleaf Daisy
Partridge Pea
Maximilian Sunflower
Swamp Sunflower
Frostweed
Clasping Coneflower
Cardinal Flower
Southwestern Bristlegrass
Sand Dropseed
Pink Evening Primrose
Button Bush
Cane Bluestem
Broomsedge Bluestem
Lemon Mint
Slim Tridens
Swamp Rose Milkweed
Tall Dropseed
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