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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
<br />HARDWOODS
<br />Desired Future Conditions Overview
<br />Vegetation
<br />Layer
<br />Cover
<br />Representative Plant Species
<br />Boxelder, cottonwood, river birch, paper birch, quaking aspen, black
<br />Canopy
<br />50-75
<br />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
<br />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 />edge, and/or wet meadow/shoreline species; native species currently
<br />Herbaceous
<br />75-100
<br />present include bluejoint, white snakeroot, sensitive fern, ostrich fern,
<br />(Ground)
<br />violets, Solomon's seal, panicled aster, stinging nettle, jewelweeds, blue
<br />vervain, Canada goldenrod, andspotted Joe - a 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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