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DESCRIPTION OF<br />

WORK<br />

VOLUNTEER PROJECT<br />

Scrub Revegetation<br />

Installation of native shrubs in weed-treated areas to discourage<br />

re-infestation by invasive weeds, reduce long-term maintenance,<br />

<strong>and</strong> fire hazard<br />

November - December<br />

SUITABLE<br />

SEASON<br />

LOCATION • Within designated areas following eradication program (H.<br />

1., H.4, <strong>and</strong> H.7 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 Scrub Revegetation Areas<br />

Common Name Scientific Name Typical <strong>Plan</strong>t<br />

Spacing<br />

Typical<br />

Propagule<br />

Size<br />

Number<br />

of <strong>Plan</strong>ts<br />

for 400 ‘ x<br />

20’ strip<br />

Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus 6 1 gallon 18<br />

California Rose Rosa californica 6 1 gallon or 18<br />

Dee pot<br />

Snowberry Symphoricarpos rivularis 6 Dee pot 18<br />

Mugwort Artemisia douglasiana 6 Dee pot 20<br />

Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis 6 1 gallon or 20<br />

Dee pot<br />

California Blackberry Rubus ursinus 6 Dee pot 20<br />

California Aster Aster chilensis 6 Dee pot 20<br />

Deerweed Lotus scoparius 6 Dee pot 20<br />

California Sagebrush Artemisia californica 6 2-inch pot 20<br />

Dwarf Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis pilularis 6 1 gallon or 20<br />

‘Pigeon Point’<br />

Dee pot<br />

Hooker’s Manzanita Arctostaphylos hookeri 6 1 gallon 20<br />

Dwarf Wild Lilac<br />

Ceanothus griseus<br />

6 Dee pot 18<br />

horizontalis<br />

Total <strong>Plan</strong>ts 232

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