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Mounds View Silver View Park Pond
<br /> • Invasive, nonnative shrub cover(common buckthorn, glossy buckthorn, Tartarian honeysuckle) is
<br /> reduced to less than 5%.
<br /> • Herbaceous ground layer vegetation cover is over 75%and dominated by native grasses,
<br /> sedges, and forbs. Invasive herbaceous plant cover by species such as Canada thistle, leafy
<br /> spurge, garlic mustard, creeping Charlie, purple loosestrife, smooth brome, and reed canary
<br /> grass is less than 5%.
<br /> • Diverse ground layer vegetation is established using diverse native seed mixes and plugs that
<br /> include species that can provide floral resources for pollinators throughout the growing season.
<br /> LOWLAND HARDWOODS Desired Future Conditions Overview
<br /> Vegetation
<br /> Layer Cover(%) Representative Plant Species
<br /> Boxelder, cottonwood, river birch, paper birch, quaking aspen, black
<br /> Canopy 50-75 walnut, hackberry, silver maple, American elm, black cherry, Kentucky
<br /> coffee tree(and planted sycamore, bald cypress, and tamarack)
<br /> Black raspberry, red raspberry, red-berried elder, common elderberry,
<br /> gooseberry, chokecherry, gray dogwood, Virginia creeper, sandbar
<br /> Shrub/Sapling 25-50
<br /> willow, blackberry; tree saplings may include canopy species listed above
<br /> along with basswood and bur oak
<br /> Variable depending upon specific location; mesic hardwood, woodland
<br /> Herbaceous edge, and/or wet meadow/shoreline species; native species currently
<br /> (Ground) 75-100 present include bluejoint, white snakeroot, sensitive fern, ostrich fern,
<br /> violets, Solomon's seal, panicled aster, stinging nettle,jewelweeds, blue
<br /> vervain, Canada goldenrod, and spotted Joe-pye weed
<br /> 3.4 Nonnative Grass-Dominated Existing Cover Types
<br /> About 2.1 acres of the project area were mowed as of 2023. The total includes about 1.6 acres without
<br /> canopy cover and about 0.5 acre with mowed lawn and scattered hardwood and conifer landscape trees.
<br /> About a 3-foot mowed trail buffer was excluded from this total.
<br /> Converting most of the mowed areas to native ground cover is recommended to enhance buffering for the
<br /> ponds with deep-rooted native grass-dominated vegetation. Diverse native ground cover with short-
<br /> statured grasses, sedges, and forbs will provide improved water infiltration, year-round wildlife habitat,
<br /> seasonal blooms, fall color, and winter beauty. MN State Seed Mixes can be used as a starting point for
<br /> customizing seed mixes for native ground cover in the park.
<br /> Areas with little to no canopy cover should be considered for a mesic prairie mix with an emphasis on
<br /> short-statured grasses, such little bluestem, sideoats grama, prairie dropseed, and June grass, that can
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