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Native Pollinator Project at Lumberman's Monument, Oscoda, Michigan

Partnership between the Huron National Forest and the Iosco County Master Gardeners

 

 

Start Date: Summer 2009

Goal:  To design and establish landscaping at the Monument Interpretive Center that demonstrates the use of environmentally correct landscapes that will attract native pollinators.

The following are pictures of the area before the start of the project:

 

Garden A

Garden B

Walkway between Gardens B and C

Walkway to be covered with crushed limestone

Lumberman's Monument Visitors Center Map

Soil Test -  Main Garden

Soil Test - Side Areas

 

The following pictures were taken August 2009:

Medicago sativa 'alfalfa' - Fabaceae

Exotic - remove

Agrostis sp. 'bentgrass' - Poaceae

Exotic - remove

Rudbeckia hirta 'blackeyed susan' - Asteraceae

Native - keep/move

Rudbeckia hirta 'blackeyed susan' - Asteraceae

Native/cultivar - keep

Asclepias tuberosa 'butterfly weed' - Apocynaceae

Native - keep/move

Lavandula angustifolia 'common lavender' - Lamiaceae

Exotic - remove

Cotoneaster sp. 'Cotoneaster' - Rosaceae

Exotic - remove

Campanula rapunculoides 'creeping bellflower' - Campanulaceae

Exotic - remove

Campanula rapunculoides 'creeping bellflower' - Campanulaceae

Exotic - remove

Solidago sp. 'goldenrod' - Asteraceae

Native - keep/move

Setaria viridis 'green foxtail' - Poaceae

Exotic - remove

Berteroa incana 'hoary alyssum' - Brassicaceae

Exotic - remove

Hosta sp. 'Hosta' - Agavaceae

Exotic - remove

Coreopsis lanceolata 'lanceleaf tickseed' - Asteraceae

Native - keep/move

Coreopsis lanceolata 'lanceleaf tickseed' - Asteraceae

Native - keep/move

Leucanthemum vulgare 'oxeye daisy' - Asteraceae

Exotic - remove

Viinca minor 'periwinkle' - Apocynaceae

Exotic - remove

Echinacea purpurea 'purple coneflower' - Asteraceae

Native - keep/move

Daucus carota 'Queen Ann's lace' - Apiaceae

Exotic - remove

Trifolium pratense 'red clover' - Fabaceae

Exotic - remove

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Shasta daisy' - Asteraceae

Exotic - remove

Dasiphora fruticosa 'shrubby cinquefoil' - Rosaceae

Native - keep/move

Symphyotrichum laeve 'smooth blue aster' - Asteraceae

Native - keep/move

Dianthus barbatus 'sweet William' - Caryophyllaceae

Exotic - remove

Dianthus barbatus 'sweet William' - Caryophyllaceae

Exotic - remove

Melilotus alba 'sweetclover' - Fabaceae

Exotic - remove

Desmodium sp. 'tick trefoil' - Fabaceae

Native? - keep one plant?

?

Unknown - keep for now

Verbascum thapsis 'whooly mullein' - Schrophulariaceae & Abutilon theophrasti 'Velvetleaf' - Malvaceae

Exotic - remove

Achillea millefolium 'yarrow' - Asteraceae

Native - keep/move

?Barbarea vulgaris 'yellow rocketcress' - Brassicaceae & Oxalis sp. 'wood sorel' - Oxalidaceae

Exotic - remove

                                                           

 

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