For Shallow Water and Marsh 
SMARTWEEDS (Polygonum) 
Rate high as Duck Foods -- many varieties. 
Mostly lowland plants, surviving flood and 
drought. Use these perennial Varieties. 
SMARTWEED. Assorted Southern-grown Plants 
for Southern States. For shallow water. Bu. $5.00; 
5 bu. (Plants A.) $20.00. Available throughout 
Spring. 
SWAMP SMARTWEED (Polygonum hydropiper- 
oides). Moist margins, shallow hard or soft water. 
Grows Dakotas and Texas eastward, also along 
West Coast. Good duck food. Plants 1000 - $40; 
100 - $5; Use 1500 per acre. Perennial. 
MARSH SMARTWEED (Polygonum muhlenbergii). 
Thrives throughout U.S. and Canada. Use on shores, 
shallow water. Stands fluctuating water levels, drought. 
hee $35; 100, $4.50. Use 1500 per acre. Perennial Duck 
ood. 
TRUE WATER SMARTWEED (P. Amphibium) Fine Duck 
Food. Grows from Hudson Bay south to Virginia and 
Southern California. Plant 1500 to A. in water 6 in. to 
4 ft. deep. Plants: 500, $24.00; 1000, $40.00. 
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. 
1000- $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, $35; 100, $4 
Use 1500 per acre. 
SALTMARSH BULRUSH (S. robustus) Excellent Duck 
and Muskrat Food and Cover for Salt Marshes. Plant 
where flooded at high tide. 1000, $35; 100, $4.50. 
GIANT BURREED (Sparganium eurycarpum) 
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, and 
complete drying of land. Does best in not over 1 
ft. water. Thrives throughout U.S. PLANT on 
shores, marshes, lowlands, ditch banks and dams, 
or in shallow water. ROOTS or PLANTS: 1000, 
$30; 300, $10; 100, $4. Plant 1200 per acre. 
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