SCDOT Seeding Specifications - Municipal Association of South ...

COMMON NAME 5
TURF-TYPE GRASSES (SELECT ONE)
BOTANICAL
NAME
TABLE 1: PERENNIALS
APPROVED
SITE(S)
PLANTING
RATE
(lbs/acre)
Bahiagrass 1 Paspalum notatum Slopes 30
Common Bermudagrass 2
(hulled = hull absent)
Common Bermudagrass 2
(unhulled = hull present)
Carpet Grass
Tall Fescue
Centipedegrass
GRASSES
Cynodon dactylon
Cynodon dactylon
Axonopus affinis
Festuca aruninacea
Shoulders, Slopes,
or Medians
Shoulders, Slopes,
or Medians
Shoulders, Slopes
or Medians
Shoulders, Slopes,
or Medians
25
30
15
50
Eremochloa
ophiuroides Shoulders, Medians 10
Weeping Lovegrass Erograstis curvula Slopes 5
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans Slopes 10
Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius Slopes 10
Coastal Panicgrass Panicum amarum Slopes 20
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Slopes 10
Perennial Rye Grass 3 Lolium perrene
Virginia Wildrye
LEGUMES 4
Elymus virginicus
Shoulders, Slopes,
or Medians
Shoulders,Slopes,
or Medians
White Clover Trifolium repens Shoulders, Slopes 5
Sericea Lespedeza
(Scarified seed)
Sericea Lespedeza
(Unscarified seed)
15
Lespedeza cuneta Slopes 50
Lespedeza cuneta Slopes 80
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PLANTING
LOCATION
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Lower State
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Upper State
Lower State
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Lower State
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Lower State
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Lower State
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Lower State
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
Planting Dates*
1 Bahiagrass: Bahiagrass may be used as an optional turf-type permanent cover at the discretion of the RCE. * Months shaded in gray represent applicable planting dates.
2 Common Bermudagrass: Do not use Giant Bermudagrass (NK-37).
3 Perennial Rye Grass: Do not use Annual Italian Rye grass (Lolium multiforum).
4 Only use pre-inoculated legumes or use an appropriate inoculant with the seed at planting.
5 If the Common Name of the seed listed in Table 1 or Table 2 is not available, use
seed with the listed Botanical Name.
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DEC