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Tuesday - August 03, 2010
From: Canton, PA
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Topic: Erosion Control
Title: Native plants for erosion control in sun in Canton PA
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
We just cleared a bank and need native plants and shrubs to grow for erosion control. Much sun. Thank you.ANSWER:
First of all, grasses with their extensive fibrous root systems are ideal plants to use for erosion control so you would definitely want to plant some grasses on the bank. Here are a few that are native to your area:
Grasses
Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye)
Deschampsia cespitosa (tufted hairgrass)
Eragrostis spectabilis (purple lovegrass)
There are a variety of herbaceous perennials and small shrubs that you can add to the grasses.
Perennials and small shrubs
Lupinus perennis (sundial lupine)
Monarda didyma (scarlet beebalm)
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)
Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant)
Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)
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