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Pine-Hardwood Savannah
RESTORED ECOLOGY LOCATOR PLAN
Although unfamiliar to Memorial Park in recent decades, the pine-hardwood savannah that was once a dominant feature of this area will become the park’s defining ecological type. Clusters of pines and hardwoods known as “motts” of varying sizes will dot an understory of native grasses and forbs. The presence of more sunlight will allow for the development of specimen trees, ones that become sculptural characters in the landscape. When dead standing wood and invasives are removed and a more open overstory is created, an existing dormant seedbank of native species will emerge and thrive. The tawny grasses and full canopied trees of the savannah will become the iconic landscape type of Memorial Park.
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SCALE: 1”=3000’
Legend Pine-Hardwood Savannah
TYPICAL RESTORATION SECTION
48 ft.
32 ft.
16 ft.
Pinus echinata / Short-Leaf Pine Pinus taeda / Loblolly Pine Baccharis halimifolia / Eastern False Willow Crataegus texana / Texas Hawthorn
MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT UPTOWN HOUSTON
Gaillardia pulchella / Indian Blanket Desmanthus illinoensis / Illinois Bundleflower Asclepias verticillata / Whorled Milkweed Sorgastrum nutans / Yellow Indiangrass Andropogon ternarius Michx. / Splitbeard Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium / Little Bluestem
Agrostis hyemalis / Spring Bentgrass Briza minor / Little Quaking Grass Panicum virgatum / Switchgrass
2015 MEMORIAL PARK MASTER PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
NELSON BYRD WOLTZ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS