Vegetation Management and Maintenance Plan - Watsonville ...
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DESCRIPTION OF<br />
WORK<br />
VOLUNTEER PROJECT<br />
Buffer <strong>Plan</strong>tings<br />
Installation of native shrubs in weed-treated buffer areas to<br />
discourage re-infestation by invasive weeds, reduce long-term<br />
maintenance, <strong>and</strong> fire hazard<br />
November - December<br />
SUITABLE<br />
SEASON<br />
LOCATION • On designated slopes adjacent to slough trails (H.4 treatment<br />
areas)<br />
• Upper slopes adjacent to yards within Bay Breeze, SeaView<br />
Ranch <strong>and</strong> Las Brisas residential developments (H.5<br />
treatment areas).<br />
SUITABLE FOR • Scout troops (middle <strong>and</strong> high school-age)<br />
• Homeowners association groups<br />
• Middle <strong>and</strong> high school classes/groups<br />
• Environmental groups<br />
MATERIALS • <strong>Plan</strong>ting stock (to be obtained by City), shovels, watering<br />
TRAINING<br />
buckets, gloves<br />
Designate planting area, provide instructions on planting<br />
technique, including application of mulch <strong>and</strong> construction of<br />
watering basin; h<strong>and</strong> watering after planting<br />
<strong>Plan</strong>t Species Suitable for Establishing Vegetated Buffer Areas<br />
Common Name Scientific Name Typical <strong>Plan</strong>t<br />
Spacing<br />
Typical<br />
Propagule Size<br />
Number<br />
of <strong>Plan</strong>ts<br />
for 400 ‘ x<br />
10’ strip<br />
23<br />
Dwarf Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis pilularis<br />
‘Pigeon Point’<br />
6 1 gallon or Dee<br />
pot<br />
Hooker’s Manzanita Arctostaphylos hookeri 6 1 gallon 22<br />
Dwarf Wild Lilac Ceanothus griseus<br />
6 Dee pot 22<br />
horizontalis<br />
Coffee Berry Rhamnus californica 6 1 gallon or Dee 22<br />
pot<br />
Bee’s Bliss Sage Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’ 6 1 gallon or Dee 23<br />
pot<br />
Total <strong>Plan</strong>ts 112
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