Blackie Spit Park: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan - City of Surrey

Blackie Spit Park: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan - City of Surrey Blackie Spit Park: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan - City of Surrey

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3.4 Monitoring Schedule • Monitor the success of wildflower growth. Most wildflowers are annuals (lupin and most lilies are perennial) that grow best on disturbed sites, so periodic disturbance, such as scarifying, every 2 to 4 years, may be required. Also add new seed, as required. • If the wildflowers do poorly because grasses are too aggressive, try shallow rototilling and planting low-growing grasses, such as Chewing’s fescue and creeping red fescue. • Monitor aquatic plant growth annually until established, then every 5 years. If extent of growth becomes a problem, impeding water flow in the south ditch, or obscuring open water in the north ditch, remove some areas of plants, as required. Blackie Spit Park: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan – Management Unit 6 41

Blackie Spit Park: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan – Management Unit 6 42

<strong>Blackie</strong> <strong>Spit</strong> <strong>Park</strong>: <strong>Wildlife</strong> <strong>Habitat</strong> <strong>Enhancement</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> – Management Unit 6 42

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