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Mounds View Silver View Park Pond <br /> provide cover and diversity without obscuring park and pond views. The shorter grasses will also maintain <br /> better views of wildflowers in the plantings. <br /> For areas with scattered canopy cover or shade during a portion of the day, a savanna or woodland edge <br /> seed mix will be more appropriate. The seed mix should contain shade-adapted species. <br /> After the initial 3-to 4-year establishment phase, annual maintenance for native plantings should provide <br /> cost savings over mowing maintenance. Mowing will still be needed along the trail sides and for access to <br /> park amenities (such as benches, swings, disc golf features), but can be significantly reduced. Mowing is <br /> recommended for continuing lawn maintenance on slivers of park land north of the trail along the north <br /> side of Silver View Pond for continuity with adjacent larger expanses of lawn on neighboring properties. <br /> The northeast corner of the park along Long Lake Road is another location where it may make the most <br /> sense to continue with the current mowing maintenance regime. <br /> Vegetation Management Goal <br /> • Native plant cover resembling short-statured prairie or savanna understory with improved water <br /> infiltration capacity, wildlife habitat, and native plant diversity. <br /> Vegetation Management Objectives <br /> • Continuous ground cover by diverse native herbaceous species, represented by deep-rooted, <br /> drought-tolerant grasses, sedges, and forbs. <br /> • Herbaceous ground cover composition is designed to match light availability—open canopy <br /> versus partial canopy/woodland edge. <br /> • Flowering plants provide blooms throughout the growing season to enhance pollinator habitat. <br /> Nonnative Grass-Dominated Cover Type - Desired Future Conditions Overview <br /> NATIVE GROUND COVER <br /> Vegetation <br /> Layer Cover(%) Representative Plant Species <br /> Canopy variable Existing scattered hardwood and conifer landscape trees <br /> Short-statured native prairie grasses, sedges, and forbs in areas with <br /> Herbaceous open canopy; short-statured native savanna/woodland grasses, sedges, <br /> (Ground) 100 and forbs in areas with scattered trees and shade during portions of the <br /> day <br /> Project Number: 193806465 16 <br />