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Wetlands
Location:
Peninsula at the north end lying between freeway ramps.
Description:
Possibly add interpretation along or near Duck Bay Trail; native shrubs
and open space.
Interpretive messages:
Wetland shrub communities
Union Bay story (extensive human modification)
Human impacts on lake ecology (e.g., lakeside lawn fertilization)
Wildlife/pet impacts (e.g., feral/alien species, domestic dogs/cats)
Botany by canoe
Wildflowers
Representative genera:
Salix/willow, Spiraea/spiraea; wildflowers; new
tough shrub cultivars; marshland plants.
Potential partners:
Metro; Washington DNR; MOHAI; Society for Ecological Restoration;
Audubon; Waterfront Activities Center; Washington State Nursery and
Landscape Association
Landscape for Wildlife
Location:
On Foster Island.
Description:
Naturalistic landscape managed to promote the presence of wildlife,
especially birds.
Interpretive messages:
Native fauna
Attracting wildlife
Representative genera:
Natives and compatible non-natives
Potential partners:
Seattle Audubon; Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife;
University of Washington Department of Zoology; Woodland Park Zoo
Plant Ancestry and Diversity
Location:
Yew and Honeysuckle Hills.
Description: Interpretive node at lookout on Yew Hill;
simplified plant palette employed on slope and vale between hills
to support interpretive messages.
Interpretive messages:
Olmsted taxonomic legacy
Plant evolution
Representative genera:
Several possible generic foci involving a simple cluster of primitive
and advanced taxa (e.g., Ginkgo/maidenhair tree and Lonicera/honeysuckle)
to tell the story of the Arboretum's first master plan. A complete
plant families garden employing herbaceous plants and the Cronquist
system is more appropriate for development at CUH's Union Bay Gardens.
Potential partners:
University of Washington Department of Botany, Washington Native Plant
Society, Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks.
Switchback
Location: Interpretive node in the heart of the forest at
the top of the trail system.
Description:
Interpretive messages incorporated; clustered planting of important
conservation taxa; genetic conservation display of a native tree species
possessing high morphological, genetic and phenological variation across
its range--such as timing of bud break, pollen release (e.g., Douglas-fir,
ponderosa pine); forest fungi display.
Interpretive messages:
Global and regional plant endangerment Role of arboreta in plant conservation
and forest habitat
Restoration ecology
Forest fungi
Forest genetics
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