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Starting in spring of 2016, John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum and Audubon Pennsylvania began a partnership with the Landscape Architecture Program at Jefferson to embark on a journey that aims to help more Philadelphians enjoy and care for natural environments within their own community.
As a part of their community engagement efforts, the Refuge seeks to collaborate with those who live within the adjacent neighborhoods to identify how they see themselves benefiting from a positive interaction with wildlife and their habitat. In addition, as more community input is gathered, the Refuge has the capacity to initiate an implementation process of proposed designs for natural improvement to available space within the community. The ultimate goals is to create equal habitat for both wildlife and people within communities from the Refuge to the Philadelphia Zoo so that the benefits of an ecologically diverse ecosystem can be share among all residence regardless of social, economic, or physical status.
The Landscape Architecture Program at Jefferson contributes to the community engagement efforts a group of students who our equipped with design related skills that can bring to life ideas that come from community members and transform them into conceptual framework plans for further development. This is a great opportunity for student to practice their skill sets on real-life project that have great implications of being built. Furthermore, these projects offer experiences that include: working at many different scales, communicating across disciplines, interacting with various stakeholders, and working within team.
This book is meant to highlight the process in which Hakeem Wilson, a senior graduate of the Landscape Architecture Program at Jefferson, endured to exemplify what it would look like to implement such an ambitious project of renew an ecosystem within a community not only at a regional and district scale, but also a site specific scale
70TH 71ST DELAWARE WOODLAND BARTRAM PASCHALL 68T 84TH 72ND ISLAND 73RD 80TH 81ST GREENWAY 76TH 82ND MARIOLANZA 75TH COBBSCREEK CHESTER UPLAND 86TH LYONS 77TH TINICUM KINGSESSING REGENT MARS CHELWYNDE GROVERS GLENMORE MASSEY YOCUM CRANE REINHARD ESTE HOLBROOK 83RD JAY PLOVER MIDIS 85TH GIBSON SAYBROOK ENTERPRISE BIALY 88TH 89TH LUTHER POMPEY VENUS LLOYD SYLMAR BELMAR CRATIN GIBBS ASHFORD SATURN THEODORE MERCURY WINDSOR GOULD BELLFORD TATE JASON CLAYMONT BEAUMONT SALFO PONTIAC FELT RAVEN GESNER MUHFELD MADISON LINMORE MILAN REDFIELD DELPHI ORPHEUS CHENEY ALLMAN REDWING ARDELL LIDIA BERBRO LONGSPUR OLYMPUS CAESAR ESCORT ULENA CENTAUR SANDPIPER TRINITY BRUNSWICK TANAGER AIKENS MEDRICK KINGLET PHILLIPS ARCOLA BUNTING PEREGRINE ANGELO MEADOWLARK ROSELLA DEVITT LAPWING TURNSTONE TITAN DOTHAN APOLLO VERMEER NADINA HERMES CHEIRON Usable Land OwnershipPPR John Heinz Refuge City Owned Land CommunityPHS Garden Public Schools Unknown PennDot Privately Owned LEGEND Community Garden Social Club Schools Public Safety CommunityHealthcareLibrary Center Child Care Church Mt. Moriah CorridorsPollinatorSecondaryPrimary Tertiary Areas of Interest ° 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 0.125 Miles 1 inch = 400 feet NATURE PLAY PLAZA COMMUNAL PAV LION SPEED TABLE SPEED TABLE SPEED TABLE STORMWATER VERNAL POOL SHADED PARKING LOT 1 chaPTer chaPTer chaPTer 2 3
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For most people a good life is one where they could breathe easy. Ones where they can breathe easy knowing they can send their child or love one outside to places that is safe, clean, and enriching. Ones where they can breathe easy knowing that in hard times they can find a job that can make up the difference. Or ones where they can breathe easy knowing that the fruits and vegetables their family eats is the freshest they can be.
Oftentimes we forget that these types of visions for a better quality of life can become reality when we considering the small things in life such as birds, bees, and butterflies. These cohabiters of our world are also known as pollinators, and without them our quality of life cannot sustain itself.
Take for instance the literal meaning of breathe easy. Research show that outdoor air pollution from cars, businesses, and second-hand smoke can trigger symptoms of asthma, heart attacks, and lung cancer. However, our world is blessed with natural air filters in the form of trees, shrubs, and flowers that absorb harmful pollutants and release clean air for us to breathe. Pollinators are key to this process because year after year they transfer the sole ingredient, pollen, from flower to flower enabling the creation of the next generation of air filters. Without the pollinators the abundance of plants we see every day will disappear; adding to the list of life’s difficulties trouble breathing.
Shade trees and flowers are not the only plants that will disappear, but also the plants that we eat. One out of every three bites of food can be attributed to pollinators, or upwards of three out of every four when you consider all the byproduct that come from a single plant. Can you imagine starting the morning without coffee or juice, a hot dog at a ball game without ketchup or mustard, or even a slice of pie during the holidays without filling? It is hard to imagine life without these foods we have come to love, but it will be even harder when we our faced with higher prices at the grocery store because of a lack of supply and the cost of production increases.
Relying on the benefits of pollination to came from farms, forests, and meadows miles away will only push us further away from a brighter tomorrow. We need those benefits now in the presence of everyday life in places like our front yards, our street, and our schools to serve as a constant reminder to breathe easy. But we cannot reach this point if we don’t rethink how these various places we inhabit effect our cohabiters. Just like us pollinators need a constant source of food, water, and shelter where ever they go to survive. If we start incorporating what they need in terms of habitat they will in turn take care of us.
Why are PollinaTors imPor TanT?50% 75% of Flowering Plants Need Pollinators of the World’s Oil, Fibers and Raw Materials are Produced by Plants
PollinaTors aDD aPProXimaTely
$217 billion To The Global economy in The U.s, honey bees maKe UP $1.4-5.4 billion of aGricUlTUral ProfiT
fac Ts on PollinaTion
Why We neeD naTives PollinaTors
One of the most common misconception that Honey Bees are the most important pollinator species. These is untrue for two main reasons. The first reason is that Honey Bees are not native to the United States of America; they are native to Europe. Although they do contribute a significant amount to the pollination of our major food crop, they do not pollinate many of the other native species of plants within the U.S that we rely on clean air and fresh water. With the graphic to the right, it is evident that even if Honey Bees were to pollinate more species of plant they are unreliable due to their steady decline within recent years.
The second reason Honey Bees are not the most important pollinator is because they are less effective at pollinating. Research states that Honey Bees are 19% less efficient at pollinating then native bees. One of the leading arguments as to why this is so is because the native bees have evolved with the native plants and are therefore more equipped to extract nectar and pollen from the unique flowers.
To sustain an health ecosystem there has to be a balance between natives and non-native species between plants and wildlife. In every case native species are always preferred due to their dependability, natural succession, and self-sustainability. Therefore, within the framework of the Pollinator Corridors we aim cater to the regions native pollinators in term of what they need for quality habitat.
ME 16.03% VT 37.78% NY 25.02% NH 54.09% RI 36.49% CT 54.86% MA 15.27% NJ 17.56% DE 68.99% VA 37.78% PA 39.67% WV 17.08% MD 41.62%
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honey bee loss over WinTer
Major Threats -Habitat Loss -Non-Native Species -Diseases -Chemical -Climate
Bee’s You Might See In The Region
LARGE SIZE
Eastern Carpenter Bee Plasterer Bee Honeybee
Did you know that bees are reported to be responsible for nearly 60% of all pollination?
MEDIUM/SMALL SIZE
naTives birDs
Research show that Native Bee species are 19% more effective at pollinating than Honeybees
Eastern Bumble Bee Squash Bee Mining Bee
Southeastern Blueberry Bee
EXTRA SMALL SIZE
Golden Northern Bumble Bee Small Carpenter Bee
Blue-Green Sweat
90-95% OF NATIVE BEES DO NOT STING!
Bee
SIZE: 1 IN MAX FLIGHT RANGE: 5.5 - 13 MILES SOCIALITY: SOLITARY HABITAT: SOFT WOODS SIZE: .8 IN MAX FLIGHT RANGE: .5 - 1.2 MILES SOCIALITY: SOLITARY HABITAT: SOIL IN MEADOWS SIZE: .6 - .75 IN FLIGHT RANGE: 2 - 4.8 MILES SOCIALITY: EUSOCIAL HABITAT: MANAGED HIVES SIZE: .3 - .6 IN FLIGHT RANGE: 2 - 4.6 MILES SOCIALITY: EUSOCIAL HABITAT: CREVICES IN MEADOWS SIZE: .6 IN MAX FLIGHT RANGE: 1 -2.3 MILES SOCIALITY: SOLITARY HABITAT: SANDY SOILS SIZE: .5 - .6 IN FLIGHT RANGE: .5 - 1 MILES SOCIALITY: SOLITARY HABITAT: VEGETABLE GARDENS SIZE: .4 - .6 IN FLIGHT RANGE: 140 - 930 YARDS SOCIALITY: SOLITARY HABITAT: SOILS IN FORESTS OR BOGS SIZE: .4 IN MAX FLIGHT RANGE: .9 -1.8 MILES SOCIALITY: EUSOCIAL HABITAT: IN SOIL OR CREVICES SIZE: .2 - .3 IN FLIGHT RANGE: 22 - 87 YARDS SOCIALITY: SOLITARY HABITAT: WOODY STEMS SIZE: .2 - .3 IN FLIGHT RANGE: 66 - 230 YARDS SOCIALITY: EUSOCIAL HABITAT: IN SOILS OR SOFT WOOD SIZE: .3
Common Sweat Bee Dark Sweat Bee
IN MAX FLIGHT RANGE: 75 - 140 YARDS
SOCIALITY: EUSOCIAL HABITAT: IN SOILS
SIZE: .2 IN MAX FLIGHT RANGE: 11- 450 YARDS SOCIALITY: EUSOCIAL HABITAT: IN SOILS
This symbol on the picture of the bee represents its true size
Red Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher
Blue Jay
House Finch
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
naTives bUTTerflies anD moThs
Monarch Butterfly
Giant Leopard Moth
Banded Tussock Moth
Common Buckeye Butterfly
Great Spangled Fritillary
Fiery Skipper
Eight-Spotted Forester Moth
Red Admiral Butterfly
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
American Lady Butterfly Harnessed Tiger Moth
fooD WaTer cover sPace
Promethea Moth
WhaT naTive PollinaTors WanT
POLLINATOR HABITAT FOOD WATER
Solitary Wood Nesting Bees
Solitary Ground Nesting Bees
Build their nests inside hollow tunnels in the soft pithy centers of some twigs; they may be left behind by wood-boring beetle larvae, excavated by the bees themselves, or tunnel into soft, above-ground rotting logs and stumps. They can also construct domed nests of mud, plants resins, saps, gums on the surface of rocks or trees
Excavate narrow tunnels down to small chambers 6-36 inches or more under the surface. Inside these chambers, next year’s bees develop. In order to build these nests, bees need direct access to the soil surface, often on sunny sloped or well-drained sites.
Social Bumble Bees Nesting cavity is most often underground but can be in hollow trees or walls, or under clumps of grass
Butterflies and Moths: Eggs Larval Host Plants
Butterflies and Moths: Caterpillar Larval Host Plants
Butterflies and Moths: Pupa Protected sites such as a bush, tall grass or a pile of leaves of sticks
Butterflies and Moths: Adult Leaves, stems, or branches of larval host plants, also other vegetation and small woodpiles
Birds
Varies by species, but common areas include shrubby areas, overgrown fields, dense foliage, high canopies, dense branch structure, woodland edge, open woodland, meadows, stream borders, small groves of trees, and moist areas
Nectar and Pollen
A small shallow and wide amount of clean water where they can’t drown, and with objects they can stand on
Nectar and Pollen
A small shallow and wide amount of clean water where they can’t drown, and with objects they can stand on
Nectar and Pollen
Non-Feeding Stage
Leaves of the Larval Host Plant
Non-Feeding Stage
Nectar; some males obtain nutrients, minerals, and salt from rotting fruit, tree sap, clay deposits, and mud puddles
Nectar, insects, tree sap, nuts, berries, fruits, wildflowers, seeds
Research states that a minimum of a half acre is the most benefical for support multiple pollinators
A small shallow and wide amount of clean water where they can’t drown, and with objects they can stand on
Get water from eating plants, but can use a sources a water just as bees do
Get water from eating plants, but can use a sources a water just as bees do
Get water from eating plants, but can use a sources a water just as bees do
Get water from eating plants, but can use a sources a water just as bees do
A shallow puddle on ground level; lined with sand for footing, and in a shady location surrounded by plants
Most Pollinators are seeking spaces that consist of multiple forms of vegatative structure
Pollinators prefer large linear or rectangular planting of host plants over a matrix of individual plants
Pollinators look for area with 6 or more hours of sun light a day for basking
CANOPY UNDERSTORY
SHRUBS
MEADOW / GROUNDCOVER
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WhaT is a corriDor?
From an ecological perspective, a corridor is a connection between two or more similar habitat that allow species move about. Corridors can range from have a direct connection created by contagious native vegetation or stream channel, or there can be an indirect connection created by small patches of habitat existing in a staggered yet linear pattern. Higher connectivity is better because it increase the ecosystem services that corridors provide, allows wildlife population to grow and interact with other species, and it also reduces the risk of species being lost.
Within an urban context, like much of Philadelphia, having smaller patches of habitats staggered along is much more likely to take place within neighbors. However, there are some instances where there are direct connection being made. The inventory and analysis process consisted of using GIS Data to identify what is existing and what is possible for creating the Pollinator Corridors within West Philadelphia and the Lower Southwest District.
economic benefiTs of corriDors
Just three trees, properly placed around a house, can reduce energy use by up to 30%.
-Increases Property Value by 8-20%
Other Benefits Include:
-Creates Jobs
-Reduces Energy Needs
-Increases Crop Yields
-Reduces Maintenance Cost
High Connectivity Low Connectivity
social benefiTs of corriDors
-Researcher find that asthma rates among four- to five-year-olds fell by almost a quarter for every 343 extra trees per square kilometer in an urban area.
Other Benefits Include:
-Educational Enrichment
-Active Recreation
-Provides Safety
-Offers Seasonal Beauty
-Creates Social Interaction
environmenTal benefiTs of corriDors
-Mature Forests can consume an average of 50% of the annual rainfall
-A single large healthy tree can remove greater than 300 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year
Other Benefits Include:
-Recharges Groundwater
-Provides Nesting Ground
-Creates Micro-climates
-Increases Species Diversity
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Land Use
Challenges: Transit
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0 0.5 1 1.5 2 0.25 Miles 1 inch = 600 feet
Areas ¯ 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.1 Miles 1 inch = 500 feet Mt. Moriah Cemetery Bartram’s Garden John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge Philadelphia International Airport Clearview Landfill Legend Ownership PPR John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge City Owned Land PHS Eastwick Community Garden Public Schools Unknown PennDot Privately Owned Industrial Land Use Easiest Difficult Usable Land
Challenges: Impervious
All Accidents 2011-2014
** The brighter the red color, the more accidents have occurs near the specific location
¯ 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 0.125 Miles 1 inch =
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Involving Pedestrians or Cyclist
300 feet
All Accidents 2011-2014
** The darker the brown color,
the
more accidents have occurs near the specific location
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.05 Miles 1 inch = 300 feet 70TH BUIST 65TH DICKS 63RD 63RD 71ST 67TH ELMWOOD LINDBERGH LINDBERGH WOODLAND 61ST 64TH 66TH PASCHALL 58TH 68TH 72ND ISLAND ISLAND 73RD GRAYS 78TH 80TH ESSINGTON 81ST GUYER GREENWAY 76TH 82ND 84TH HOLSTEIN 75TH COBBS CREEK COBBS CREEK 62ND CHESTER UPLAND 69TH NORWITCH EASTWICK DOREL BARTRAM MARIO LANZA 77TH LYONS LARRY 74TH 60TH REGENT MARS BREWSTER CHELWYNDE KINGSESSING DICKENS GROVERS GLENMORE DEWEY MASSEY REEDLAND 59TH SHIELDS YOCUM HARLEY HOBSON REINHARD SUFFOLK IBIS CARROLL PASSYUNK CEMETERY ESTE HOLBROOK 83RD JAY ROBINSON PLOVER MIDIS SAYBROOK WHEELER BIALY POMPEY VENUS BONNAFFON LLOYD SYLMAR BELMAR GIBBS ASHFORD SATURN 86TH THEODORE MERCURY LARK WINDSOR GOULD BELLFORD TATE FARRELL JASON FINCH CLAYMONT GREBE BITTERN MILLICK BEAUMONT AVONDALE EGRET ORD PONTIAC FELTON RAVEN DAGGETT REEDBIRD GESNER MUHFELD MADISON LINMORE SIMPSON MILAN DELPHI WAXWING ORPHEUS ALLMAN REDWING GARMAN SHELDRAKE ARDELL LIDIA PENROSE EDGEWOOD BERBRO LONGSPUR BRANT OLYMPUS CAESAR GROSS ULENA WANAMAKER CENTAUR SANDPIPER TRINITY BRUNSWICK HENSLOW TANAGER GROSBEAK BOREAL AIKENS SANDERLINGMERGANSER MALLARD MEDRICK PHOEBEGANNETSHEARWATER KINGLET PHILLIPS ARCOLA BUNTING PEREGRINE ANGELO MEADOWLARK HUMMINGBIRD ROSELLA DEVITT LAPWING BOBOLINK CURLEW TITAN WILLIAM GIBSON DOTHAN RANE CORMORANT APOLLO DOWITCHER STREET VERMEER NADINA HERMES PENROSE PLAZA CHEIRON BUIST LINDBERGH LEGEND Places of Worship 5 Minute Walk 10 Minute Walk 15 Minute Walk
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Spiritual Resources
Mental Resources
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Monarch Butterfly
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Milkweed
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SYNERGISTIC RELATIONSHIP
POLLINATORS COMMUNITY
Source of Food
Mating Ground
Proximity to Other
Species
Access to Water
Open Spaces
Nesting Ground
Shelter
Spread
Positivity
Create Experiences
Improve
Quality of Living
Safety
Fellowship
Gathering Spaces
Health Alternatives
Peace of Mind
Diversity
Equility
TOGETHER WE CAN SHAPE A BRIGTHER FUTURE
70TH BUIST 61ST 63RD 65TH DICKS 71ST 67TH ELMWOOD DELAWARE 58TH LINDBERGH WOODLAND BARTRAM 64TH 66TH PASCHALL 68TH 84TH 72ND ISLAND 73RD GRAYS 78TH 80TH ESSINGTON PENROSE 81ST GUYER GREENWAY 76TH 82ND MARIO LANZA PASSYUNK HOLSTEIN 75TH 62ND CHESTER UPLAND SOUTH 69TH NORWITCH EASTWICK DOREL DELAWARE EXP INDUSTRIAL 86TH LYONS 77TH TINICUM LARRY 74TH 60TH KINGSESSING REGENT MARS PENROSEFERRY BREWSTER CHELWYNDE DICKENS GROVERS GLENMORE DEWEY MASSEY REEDLAND 59TH SHIELDS YOCUM HARLEY HOBSON CRANE REINHARD SUFFOLK IBIS CARROLL CEMETERY ESTE HOLBROOK 83RD JAY ROBINSON PLOVER MIDIS 85TH GIBSON SAYBROOK ENTERPRISE WHEELER BIALY 88TH 89TH LUTHER POMPEY VENUS BONNAFFON LLOYD SYLMAR BELMAR CRATIN FORT MIFFLIN GIBBS ASHFORD SATURN THEODORE MERCURY LARK WINDSOR GOULD BELLFORD TATE FARRELL JASON FINCH CLAYMONT GREBE BITTERN MILLICK BEAUMONT AVONDALE EGRET SALFORD PONTIAC FELTON RAVEN DAGGETT REEDBIRD GESNER MUHFELD MADISON LINMORE SIMPSON MILAN REDFIELD DELPHI WAXWING ORPHEUS CHENEY ALLMAN REDWING GARMAN SHELDRAKE ARDELL LIDIA EDGEWOOD BERBRO LONGSPUR BRANT OLYMPUS CAESAR ESCORT GROSS ULENA WANAMAKER CENTAUR SANDPIPER TRINITY BRUNSWICK HENSLOW TANAGER GROSBEAK BOREAL AIKENS SANDERLINGMERGANSER MALLARD MEDRICK PHOEBE GANNET SHEARWATER KINGLET PHILLIPS ARCOLA BUNTING PEREGRINE ANGELO MEADOWLARK HUMMINGBIRD ROSELLA DEVITT LAPWING BOBOLINK TURNSTONE CURLEW TITAN DOTHAN RAMP APOLLO DOWITCHER YOCUM STREET VERMEER NADINA HERMES CHEIRON Usable Land Ownership PPR John Heinz Refuge City Owned Land PHS Community Garden Public Schools Unknown PennDot Privately Owned LEGEND Community Garden Social Club Schools Public Safety Library Healthcare Community Center Child Care Church Mt. Moriah Pollinator Corridors Primary Secondary Tertiary Areas of Interest ° 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 0.125 Miles 1 inch = 400 feet Final District Scale Analysis
Areas of Future Interest
Criteria in Present Suitability Map:
-Proximity from existing and proposed City Trails
-Human travel time from existing parks
-Within an areas with a high density of community assets
-Near places that have had a high rate of pedestrian crash incidences
-Areas that have a Median Housing Hold Income of less than $30,000
Additional Criteria Needed:
-Vegetation structure analysis
-Biodiversity Analysis
-Community input
-Specific animal species range
-Parcels Ownership Analysis
-Stormwater Management
-Where people want to go
-City Redevelopment Strategies
° 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 0.25 Miles 1 inch = 1,000 feet
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In the beginning of this process, we sought out community members and leaders of varies local groups to start a dialogue on how to improve everyday experience in natural spaces. Each meeting informed us of different areas people felt could be a great asset for the future. The one area that had the most support behind it was at the park at the intersection of 63rd Street and Lindbergh Boulevard. Currently at this intersection, the Southwest Community Development Corporation is moving forward on new residential housing aimed at seniors raise young children. With type of development, they would also like to transform the surrounding areas into a gateway into Southwest Philadelphia.
Within the neighborhood surrounding 63rd and Lindbergh Park, we aim to renew an ecosystem that supports key pollinators species, community members, and future initiatives by reestablishing a vegetative structure that provides year-round habitat preferences for all forms of life and evoke a sense of protection, spontaneity, and community among users.
MARKET ST BROAD ST
63th and Lindberg Park Live in Elmwood
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FAMILY
CENTRAL PLACE
COMMUNITY
NATURE PLAY
ACTIVE LIVING
OASIS
PLEASURE
DISCOVERY
REST
PERENNIALS
FREEDOM
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
OPEN CANOPY CLOSED CANOPY UNDERSTORY WILDLIFE
PAVILION
NATURE PLAY PLAZA COMMUNAL
SPEED TABLE SPEED TABLE
PARKING
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SPEED TABLE STORMWATER VERNAL POOL SHADED
LOT
LEGEND: CIRCULATION
PEDESTRAIN PATH
ON-STREET BIKE LANE (4ft Wide )
BOARDWALK CROSSING
PROTECTED SHARED-USE PATH (12ft Wide)
CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENT
EASTWICK AVETOWARD BATRAM’S MILE
EASTWICK AVETOWARD LINDBERGH AVE
LEGEND: PLANT COMMUNITIES
LAWN
STRUCTURAL TURF
ROADSIDE PLANTING
WILDFLOWER MEADOW
FACULTATIVE AREA
OPEN-CANOPY WOODLAND
CLOSED-CANOPY WOODLAND
VERNAL POOL
DEEP WATER
LEGEND: SITE GRADING
PROPOSED CONTOURS
EXISTING CONTOURS
WALLS
SECTION CUT LINE
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Bioswale /Porous Paving
Multi-purpose Sports Field with a proposed structure for inclement weather
Bird Blind
Porous Paving
Open Canopy
Woodland Porous Paving Tree Trench
Porous Paving Tree Trench
Porous Paving
Rain Garden with Meadow Planting 6ft Boardwalk
63th Street
(2)One-way Lane/(1)Shared Turning Lane 4ft Bike Lanes
Porous Paving
LEGEND: HYDROLOGY RUNOFF DIRECTION COLOR GRADIENT REPRESENT HIGH TO LOW ELEVATION SMP
#1
SMP #2
RAIN GARDEN surface system Nature Play Rain Garden 1A4:D47. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 20,975.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 2,621.9 CF SMP#2 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. INPUT Area, bottom of basin 1,743.0SF Soil storage 3 1,045.8CF soil depth, ft Ponding storage 4 581.0CF ponding depth, in ) Total storage achieved 1,626.8CF STONE BED ( subsurface system SMP #2 1. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 20,975.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 2,621.9 CF 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. Project basin area 1,743.0 SF Depth of stone bed 2F Total storage achieved 1,394.4 CF THIS SMP HAS 400 EXTRA CF OF STORAGE RAIN GARDEN surface system Active Park Swale\Basin 1A4:D47. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 20,813.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 2,601.6 CF SMP#3.0 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. INPUT Area, bottom of basin 6532 6,532.0SF Soil storage 2 2,612.8CF ( soil depth, ft Ponding storage 6 3,266.0CF ponding depth, in ) Total storage achieved 5,878.8CF STONE BED ( subsurface system SMP #3 1. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 20,813.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 2,601.6 CF 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. Project basin area 1,712.0 SF Depth of stone bed 1F Total storage achieved 684.8 CF THIS SMP HAS 3962 EXTRA CF OF STORAGE RAIN GARDEN surface system Vernal Pool 1A4:D47. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 49,111.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 6,138.9 CF SMP#4 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. INPUT Area, bottom of basin 2406924,069.0SF Soil storage 3 14,441.4CF soil depth, ft Ponding storage 14 28,080.5CF ponding depth, in ) Total storage achieved 42,521.9CF STONE BED ( subsurface system SMP #4 1. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 49,111.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 6,138.9 CF 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. Project basin area 1,712.0 SF Depth of stone bed 2F Total storage achieved 1,369.6 CF THIS SMP HAS 37,752.6 EXTRA CF OF STORAGE RAIN GARDEN surface system ) Active Park Court Side Rain Garden 1A4:D47. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 20,708.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 2,588.5 CF SMP#3.1 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. INPUT Area, bottom of basin 998 998.0SF Soil storage 3 598.8CF soil depth, ft ) Ponding storage 4 332.7CF ponding depth, in Total storage achieved 931.5CF STONE BED subsurface system SMP #3 1. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 20,813.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 2,601.6 CF 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. Project basin area 1,712.0 SF Depth of stone bed 2F Total storage achieved 1,369.6 CF THIS SMP HAS AN OVER FLOW OF 288 CF RAIN GARDEN surface system Family Area Rain Garden 1A4:D47. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 7,789.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 973.6 CF SMP#1 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. INPUT Area, bottom of basin 1712 1,712.0SF Soil storage 3 1,027.2CF ( soil depth, ft Ponding storage 4 570.7CF ponding depth, in ) Total storage achieved 1,597.9CF STONE BED ( subsurface system SMP #1 1. Calculate storage needed. Drainage area 7,789.0 SF Rainfall depth managed 1.5 IN Storage needed 973.6 CF 2. Calculate storage capacity in system. Project basin area 1,712.0 SF Depth of stone bed 1F Total storage achieved 684.8 CF THIS SMP HAS 1,309 EXTRA CF OF STORAGE
SMP #3.1 SMP #4 SMP #3.0
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This is a potential list of plant that would provide year-round benefit for the give planting typology
Scientific Name
Sporobolus heterolepis
Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition'
Helianthus salicifolius 'Low Down'
Symphyotrichum oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite'
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks
Echinacea purpurea
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
Quercus coccinea
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
Cornus stolonifera 'Farrow'
Amsonia hubrichtii
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
Nyssa sylvatica
Cercis canadensis
Claytonia virginica
Eurybia divaricata 'Eastern Star'
Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'
Quercus palustris
Carex gynandra
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Vaccinium corymbosum
Ilex verticillata 'Nana'
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Quercus bicolor
Common Name
Prairie Dropseed
Blue Grama Grass
Willow-Leaved Sunflower
Aromatic Aster
Fireworks Solidago
Purple Coneflower
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry
Scarlet Oak
Shenandoah Switch Grass
Red Twig Dogwood
Arkansas Blue Star
Black Eyed Susan
Black Gum
Eastern Redbud
Spring Beauty
White Wood Aster
Hummingbird Clethra
Pin Oak
Nodding Sedge
Cinnamon Fern
High Blueberry
Winterberry
Buttonbush
Swamp White Oak
In addition, all native plant species were selection that can maintained at heights of 3 feet or less
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