ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. 
SOIL REACTION (pH Range) OF SOME PLANTS 








Minimum Optimum Maximum 
Common Name Botanical Name pH limit pH range pH limit 
Bluegrass, Annual Poa annua 5:3 6.0—7.0 
as Canada Poa compressa 5.0 6.0—7.5 
. Kentucky Poa pratensis 5.0 5.5-7.5 
Bracken, Common Pteridium Jatiusculum 4.5—6.0 
Buckhorn Plantago lanceolata 5.0 5.5-6.5 
Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica 6.0-8.0 
Chickweed Stellaria media 6.0-7.5 
. Stellaria borealis 4.5-5.5 
ss Mouse Ear Cerastium arvense 6.0—7.0 
Cinquefoil Potentilia arenaria 6.0-8.0 
Cinquefoil Potentilla argentea 5.5-6.5 7.0 
cS Potentilla caulescens 6.0—8.0 
. Potentilla erecta 4.0-5.5 
| Petentilla saxifraga 6.5-7.5 
Cinquefoil, Dwarf Potentilla frigida 5.0-6.0 
- Shrubby Potentilla fruticosa 6.0—7.0 
ts Wineleaf Potentilla tridentata 4.5-6.0 
Clover, Alsike Trifolium hybridum 50 5.5-7.5 
eli iba Melilotus alba var. annua 5.0 6.0—7.5 
eR ed Trifolium pratense 5.5 6.0—7.5 
Clover, Subterranean Trifolium subterraneum 6.0—7.0 
“White Sweet Melilotus alba ys 6.5—7.5 
“Yellow Sweet Melilotus officinalis DD 6.5—7.5 
Clover, White Trifolium repens 5.0 5.6-7.0 
Cockle, White Lychnis alba 5.5-7.0 
Daisy, Ox-eye Chrysanthemum 
leucanthemum 6.0—7.5 
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale le @) 5.5—7.0 8.5 
6 Fall Leontodon autumnalis 5.0—8.0 
Dock, Curled Rumex crispus 6.0—7.5 
Fescue, Chewing’s Festuca rubra var. 
commutata 5.5—6.5 
Fescue, Meadow Festuca pratensis 4.5-—7.0 
Red Festuca rubra 5.5-6.5 
s Tall or Meadow Festuca elatior 5.5 6.5—8.0 
Foxtail, Meadow Alopecurus pratensis 5.0 6.0-—7.5 
a Yellow Setaria lutescens 5.0-6.5 
* Green Setaria viridis 5.0-6.5 
Grass, Barnyard Echinochloa crusgalli 5.0-6.5 
“Bermuda Cynodon dactylon 6.0—7.0 
“Blue Joint Calamagrostis canadensis 7.0—8.2 
Grass, Buffalo Buchloe dactyloides 6.0—7.5 
te Carpet Axonopus compressus 6.0—7.0 
* Colonial Bent Agrostis tenuis 6.0—7.0 
OMA Messier Mn MMM Ne ee 
Grass, Common Rye Lolium multifiorum 5.0 6.0—7.0 8.0 
me aGrab ; Digitaria sanguinalis 6.0—7.0 
“Creeping Bent Agrostis palustris 6.0-—7.0 
any Wiz a MRMe A neha MeN STA 
Grass, Orchard Dactylis glomerata ‘Sys 6.0-7.0 8.0 
“Perennial Rye Lolium perenne 5.0 6.0—70. 8.0 
oe eOnack Agropyron repens 5.0 5.5—6.5 

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