For Shallow Water and Mase 
SMARTWEEDS (Polygonum) 
Mostly lowland plants, surviving floo: 
drought. Use these perennial Varieties. 
Spring. 
SWAMP SMARTWEED (Polygonum hydropiper 
oides). Moist margins, shallow hard or soft 
Grows Dakotas and Texas eastward, also 
West Coast. Good duck food. Plants 1000 - : 
100 - $5: Use 1500 per acre. Perennial, 
MARSH SMARTWEED (Polygonum muhlenbergiie 
Thrives throughout U.S. and Canada. Use on shores, 
shallow water. Stands fluctuating water levels, drought. 
Hens $35; 100, $4.50. Use 1500 per acre. Perennial Duck 
reo) 
TRUE WATER SMARTWEED (P. Amphibia Fin 
Food. Grows from Hudson Bay south to Virgini 
Southern California. Plant 1500 to A. in water 6 i 
4 ft. deep. Plants: 500, $24.00; 1000, $40.00. Bp 
HARDSTEM BULRUSH (Scirpus acutus) Duck Muskrat 
and Fish Food and Cover. Withstands wave action and. 
protects banks, shores, and other plants. 1 to | 3 ft. 
fresh water. Does not grow in Southeastern U.S. or Gulf 
States, but thrives in other parts of U.S. and in Canada. 
1N900- $40; 100, $5.00. Use 1500 per acre. 
RIVER BULRUSH (S. fluviatilis). Duck and “Muskrat 
Food and Cover. Dakotas and Kansas eastward, also 
Pacific coast north of San Francisco. Grows in shallow 
water, marshes, withstands drought, 1000, AT oh 54 
Use 1500 per aere. 
SALTMARSH BULRUSH (S. robustus) Excellent c 
and Muskrat Food and Cover for Salt Marshes. Plant 
where flooded at high tide. 1000, $35; 100, $4. 50. itunes 
GIANT BURREED (Sparganium eurycorpun ) 
Burs of seeds as big as kernels of corn. Makes 
good food for Mallards, Black Ducks, etc. “Tops” 
as Muskrat food and house material. Its rush- like 
growth, 2 to 3 feet tall, makes excellent cover, 
and its network of heavy, quarter-inch, runners, 
holds banks, stops erosion, and causes it to 
spread quickly. Survives floods, drought, | 
complete drying of land. Does best in not 
ft. water. Thrives throughout U.S. PLAN 
shores, marshes, lowlands, ditch banks and 
or in shallow water. ROOTS or PLANT 
$30; 300, $10; 100, $4. Plant 1200 per acre. 
