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Among the woody vines were: Ampelopsis arborea PEPPERVINE Brunnichia ovata EARDROP VINE Campsis radicans TRUMPET VINE Smilax bona-nox CATBRIER Smilax glauca SAWBRIER Smilax smallii SMOOTH GREENBRIER Smilax tamnoides BRISTLY GREENBRIER The fl ora and fauna of the San Jacinto are among the more beautiful and singular as in any province anywhere in the world. The extent to which the architecture, infrastructural approaches, and landscape contexts support the integration of San Jacinto’s aboriginal assets and cultural history involve in our made or contrived landscape programs is the extent to which the area will be seen as unlike anywhere else on earth---truly special with its endowed gifts. As with architecture, the extent to which our choices include the hum-drum default plantings and commondityscale maintenance so ubiquitous across the southern United States is the extent to which San Jacinto will be in competition with other areas across the country that have made similar expedient choices, its identity sublimated to render it invisible. HORTICULTURAL PLANTS NATIVE TO SAN JACINTO With respect to the inclusion of trees in landscape plantings, a number of those native to the San Jacinto area are suitable as street trees, parkway trees, or trees in parking lots, provided there is enough room suffi cient square-footage of soil for lateral root growth and they are planted in contexts that will be out of the way of trampling. Larger trees will require a substantially greater unpaved, uncompacted, well-stewarded soil than would smaller trees. From among the canopy trees, perhaps the ten more evocative of San Jacinto, tolerant of a variety of conditions, and relatively free of common diseases are Carya illinoensis, Juglans nigra, Magnolia grandifl ora, Pinus taeda, Quercus alba, Quercus lyrata, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus michauxii, Quercus shumardii, and Taxodium distichum. 160 │ APPENDICES One might consider the top ten smaller trees of San Jacinto to include Betula nigra, Chionanthus virginicus, Cornus fl orida, Crataegus marshallii, Ehretia anacua, Ilex opaca, Persea borbonia, Sapindus saponaria, Sassafras albidum, and Vaccinium arboreum. HORTICULTURAL PLANTS NATIVE TO TEXAS, BUT NOT SAN JACINTO The nearby city of Houston considers a number of Texas canopy trees as suitable for planting locally along parkways and in parking lots. A preponderance of their use can evoke Texas, but will dampen the opportunity to enhance and celebrate the uniqueness of San Jacinto. Larger trees include: Acer barbatum SOUTHERN SUGAR MAPLE Acer leucoderme CHALK MAPLE Ilexa opaca AMERICAN HOLLY Liriodendron tulipifera TULIP TREE Nyssa aquatica WATER TUPILO Quercus muhlenbergii CHINKAPIN OAK Quercus palustris PIN OAK Quercus texana TEXAS RED OAK Sabal texana TEXAS PALM Taxodium mucronatum MONTEZUMA CYPRESS Ulmus americana AMERICAN ELM Ulmus crassifolia CEDAR ELM Smaller trees are: Acacia wrightii WRIGHT’S ACACIA Aesculus pavia fl avescens YELLOW BUCKEYE Aesculua glabra var. arguta WHITE BUCKEYE Asimina triloba PAPAW Bauhinia congesta ANACACHO ORCHID TREE Cercis canadensis var. texensis TEXAS REDBUD Cercis canadensis var. mexicana MEXICAN REDBUD Cotinus obovatus AMERICAN SMOKE TREE Crataegus opaca RIVER-FLAT HAWTHORN Crataegus reverchonii REVERCHON’S HAW Diospyros texana TEXAS PERSIMMON Ehretia anacua KNOCK-AWAY Eysenhardtia texana TEXAS KIDNEYWOOD Fraxinus texensis TEXAS ASH Ilex cassine latifolia DAHOON Malus angustifolia NARROW-LEAVED CRAB
Myrica cerifera SOUTHERN WAX MYRTLE Parkinsonia aculeata RETAMA Pinus elliott ii SLASH PINE Prosopis glandulosa HONEY MESQUITE Prosopis pubescens SCREWBEAN Quercus glaucoides LACEY’S OAK Quercus sinuata breviloba BIGELOW’S OAK Pistacia texana TEXAS PISTACHIO Sophora secundifl ora TEXAS MOUNTAIN LAUREL Ungnadia speciosa MEXICAN BUCKEYE Zanthoxylum fagara LIME PRICKLY ASH Shrubs and woody vines include: Agave americana CENTURY PLANT Leucophyllum frutescens TEXAS SAGE Parthenocissus inserta THICKET CREEPER Parthenocissus quinquefolia VIRGINIA CREEPER Rhus virens EVERGREEN SUMAC Salvia farinacea MEALY CUP SAGE Sophora affi nis EVE’S NECKLACE Sophora secundifl ora TEXAS MOUNTAIN LAUREL Symphoricarpos orbiculatus CORALBERRY Vitis cinerea GRAY-BARK GRAPE Vitis mustangensis MUSTANG GRAPE Vitis rotundifolia MUSCADINE Grasses and perennials of ornamental quality include: Coreopsis grandifl ora BABY SUN COREOPSIS Echinacea purpurea PURPLE CONEFLOWER Eragrostis trichodes LARGE-FLOWERED PURPLE LOVEGRASS Muhlenbergia lindheimeri LINDHEIMER’S MUHLY HORTICULTURAL PLANTS NOT NATIVE TO TEXAS Trees not native to Texas, but utilized in landscape plantings locally, include the following. In some cases, these species are more suited to cultivation in harsh or casually designed and maintained contexts, which also means that such areas will hardly be evocative of or emblematic of San Jacinto, more evocative of a value system that places litt le interest on a pride of place and more emphasis on what is like everywhere else and maintainable with minimally skilled practitioners. Larger trees include: Abies concolor WHITE FIR Acer saccharinum SILVER MAPLE Acer truncatum SHANTUNG MAPLE Araucaria araucana MONKEY PUZZLE TREE Calocedrus decurrens INCENSE CEDAR Cassia roxburghii CEYLON SENNA Castanea sativa SPANISH CHESTNUT Casuarina equisetifolia AUSTRALIAN PINE Catalpha bignonioides CIGAR TREE Cedrus atlantica ATLAS CEDAR Cedrus deodar HIMALAYAN CEDAR Cedrus libani CEDAR OF LEBANON Ceiba speciosa SILK FLOSS TREE Chamaecyparis pisifera SAWARA FALSE CYPRESS Cryptomeria japonica JAPANESE CEDAR Cunninghamia lanceolata CHINA FIR x Cupressocyparis leylandii LEYLAND CYPRESS Cupressus sempervirens ITALIAN CYPRESS Fagus orientalis ORIENTAL BEECH Fagus sylvatica EUROPEAN BEECH Fraxinus angustifolia NARROW-LEAVED ASH Ginkgo biloba GINKGO Gymnocladus dioica KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE Koelreuteria bipinnata GOLDEN RAIN TREE Larix decidua EUROPEAN LARCH Metasequoia glyptostroboides DAWN REDWOOD Oxydendron arboreum SOURWOOD Pandanus utilis SCREW PINE Picea abies NORWAY SPRUCE Picea pungens COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE Pinus glabra SPRUCE PINE Pinus nigra AUSTRIAN PINE Pinus strobus EASTERN WHITE PINE Pinus thunbergii JAPANESE BLACK PINE Platanus x acerifolia LONDON PLANETREE Platanus mexicana MEXICAN SYCAMORE Pseudotsuga menziesii DOUGLAS FIR Quercus acutissima SAWTOOTH OAK Quercus graciliformis CANBY OAK SAN JACINTO TEXAS HISTORIC DISTRICT CORRIDOR STANDARDS │ 161
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4 │ INTRODUCTION
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SAN JACINTO HISTORIC DISTRICT The S
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NATURAL HISTORY At the time of Euro
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FIRST PRINCIPLES A set of First Pri
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1. 2. 3. 4. Committed Sponsorship T
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II. Design Scenarios SAN JACINTO TE
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FREEWAY Planning and design along f
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Freeway Corridor Profi le The Corri
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Freeway intersections are of intere
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FARM TO MARKET ROADS Corridor desig
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The Corridor Profi le below present
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MAIN STREETS Main Street corridors
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Main Streets provide a broader rang
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Main Street areas lend themselves t
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LOCAL ROADS Design standards for Lo
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Local Roads are less dense and less
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COMMUNITY GATEWAYS Community Gatewa
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Community Gateways take a variety o
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As formal entryways into communitie
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PROJECT STARS SITES Design standard
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Project Stars sites occur throughou
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Project Stars sites require additio
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50 │ SCENARIOS
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DESIGN ELEMENTS Design Elements ref
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DESIGN INSPIRATION IMAGE:FAUNGG@FLI
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PLANT LISTS Non-Native* SHRUBS Pitt
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TOP 10 TREES Ilex opaca AMERICAN HO
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ICONOGRAPHY NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT ST
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ICONOGRAPHY ICONS ■ The fi ve-poi
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LIGHTING Pedestrian Light (12’-15
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PAVERS Matrix #2088 Matrix #1914 Ma
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SITE FURNISHINGS Bike Rack ■ Indi
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FENCING Vinyl ‘Horse’ Fence ■
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FENCING Brick Column Option ■ Rep
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SIGNAGE Historic Street Signage ■
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GATEWAYS Morgan’s Point Estimated
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IV. Best Practices LA IN LI CI AM l
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LA 01 LA IN LI CI AM Design landsca
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LA 03 Whether planting along roads,
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LA 05 LA IN LI CI AM Minimize potab
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LA 07 LA IN LI CI AM Preserve exist
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LA 09 Street trees provide architec
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LA 11 LA IN LI CI AM Plant trees ap
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LA 13 LA IN LI CI AM Preserve and r
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INFRASTRUCTURE LA IN LI CI AM Our h
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Natural landforms provide visual in
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Permeable pavement used in parking
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Stormwater detention can be designe
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Native streamside buffer in a utili
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Landscaping and stormwater inlets c
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Page 115 and 116: CIRCULATION Pedestrians and bicycli
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Page 156 and 157: Asclepias viridifl ora GREEN MILKWE
Page 158 and 159: Solidago sempervirens SEASIDE GOLDE
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