Patent ID: 7484330

Claim:
A blended mulch product which can be mixed with water and spray-applied to a ground surface to form an erosion control medium, the blended mulch product comprising: (a) about 75% to about 92% by weight ligno-cellulosic fibers; (b) about 1% to about 10% by weight substantially straight synthetic fibers; and (c) a tackifier; wherein the substantially straight synthetic fibers maintain their substantially straight form in the blended mulch product and the erosion control medium; wherein the substantially straight synthetic fibers each have a straight ratio (D not :D max ) of at least about 3:5 to about 1:1; wherein D max represents a maximum potential distance of a particular synthetic fiber having a first end point and a second end point, with the first and second end points located at opposing ends of an elongated portion of the particular synthetic fiber, the maximum potential distance being measured along the elongated portion of the particular synthetic fiber when the particular synthetic fiber is completely straight; and wherein D not represents a notional shortest distance between said end points.