Vegetation Management and Maintenance Plan - Watsonville ...

DESCRIPTION OF
WORK
VOLUNTEER PROJECT
Low-Growing Trail Edge Revegetation
Installation of native plants along weed-treated trail edge areas to
discourage re-infestation by invasive weeds, reduce long-term
maintenance, and fire hazard.
November - December
SUITABLE
SEASON
LOCATION • On designated trail edges following eradication program (H.
1., H.4, and H.7 treatment areas)
SUITABLE FOR • Scout troops (middle and high school-age)
• Homeowners association groups
• Middle and high school classes/groups
• Environmental groups
MATERIALS • Planting stock (to be obtained by City), shovels, watering
TRAINING
buckets, gloves
Designate planting area, provide instructions on planting
technique, including application of mulch and construction of
watering basin; hand watering after planting
Plant Species Suitable for Establishing Low-Growing Trail Edge Vegetation
Common Name Scientific Name Typical
Plant
Spacing
Typical Propagule
Size
Number
of Plants
for 400 ‘ x
2’ strip
Spreading Rush Juncus patens 4 2-inch pot 10
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium 4 2-inch pot 10
Wood Strawberry Fragaria vesca 4 2-inch pot 10
Creeping Wildrye Leymus triticoides 2 2-inch pot or plugs 30
Foothill Sedge Carex tumulicola 2 2-inch pot or plugs 30
Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum 4 2-inch pot 10
California Meadow Carex pansa 4 2-inch pot 10
Sedge
Creeping Sage Salvia somomensis 6 1 gallon or Dee pot 20
Total Plants 130