City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 203364

• File #: 203364
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Approved
• File created: 4/26/2017
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 4/27/2017
• Final action: 5/25/2017
• Enactment date: 4/27/2017
• Enactment #: 203364
• Title: That the Director of SPCD and the Director of Parks and Open Space consider planting the following list of shrubbery and ground cover at Lincoln Park to meet the goals of sustainability and biodiversity.
• Sponsors: Katjana Ballantyne, Lance L. Davis

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/25/2017	4	City Council	Work completed
5/24/2017	3	Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee	Work completed
4/27/2017	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That the Director of SPCD and the Director of Parks and Open Space consider planting the following list of shrubbery and ground cover at Lincoln Park to meet the goals of sustainability and biodiversity.

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Official Text

That the Executive Director of the Office of Housing and Community Development, and the Director of Parks and Open Space consider planting the following list of shrubbery and ground cover at Lincoln Park to ensure the goals of sustainability and biodiversity of our park with native plantings.

Shrubbery:

•                     Aronia (red or black chokeberry)

•                     Calycanthus floridus (sweetshrub)

•                     Ceoanthus americanus (new jersey tea)

•                     Cephalanthus occidentalis (button bush)

•                     Clethra alnifolia (sweetpepper bush)

•                     Comptonia peregrina (sweetfern)

•                     Dirca palustris (leather wood)

•                     Diospyros virginiana (persimmon)

•                     Corylus americana (American Hazelnut)

•                     Hydrangea arborescens (smooth hydrangea)

•                     Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea)

•                     Hypericum prolific (shrubby St. John's wort)

•                     Ilex glabra (Inkberry)

•                     Ilex verticillata (winterberry! Yes please)

•                     Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire)

•                     Juniperus communis (common juniper)

•                     Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel)

•                     Kalmia angustifolia (sheep's laurel)

•                     Lindera benzoin (spicebush)

•                     Lyonia mariana (staggerbush)

•                     Myrica pennsylvanica (bayberry)

•                     Philadelphus inodorus (mock orange)

•                     Physocarpus opulifolius (ninebark)

•                     Potentilla fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil)

•                     Prunus virginiana (chokecherry)

•                     Rhododendron (lots of varieties)

•                     Rhododendron calendulaceum (flame azalea)

•                     Rhus aromatica (Fragrang sumac)

•                     Rhus hirta (staghorn sumac)

•                     Rosa carolina (carolina rose)

•                     Salix dicolor (pussy Willow)

•                     Sambucus canadensis (black elderberry)

•                     Spirea alba (meadowsweet)

•                     Rosa palustirs (swamp rose)

•                     Vaccinium corymbosum (high bush blueberry)

•                     Vaccinium vitis-idaea (mountain cranberry)

•                     Viburnum acerfolium (Maple leaf viburnum)

•                     Viburnum dentatum (smooth arrowwood)

Groundcover:

•                     Arctostaphylos uva-ursi  (bearberry)

•                     Asarum candense (wild ginger)

•                     Gaultheria procumbens (wintergreen)

•                     Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)

•                     Heuchera (coral bells)

•                     Phlox stolonifera (creeping phlox)

•                     Phlox subulata (moss phlox)

•                     Tiarella (foam flower)

•                     Viola pedata (birds foot violet)

•                     Viola sororia (common violet)

•                     Waldsteinia ternata (barren strawberry)

Sources:

•                     Caviccios Greenhouse Sudbury

•                     Trees: http://www.cavicchio.com/files/6214/5581/4905/Trees_Catalog_2016.pdf

•                     Shrubs: http://www.cavicchio.com/files/5714/5581/4167/Shrubs_Catalog_2016.pdf

•                     Perennials: http://www.cavicchio.com/files/2214/5945/2033/Perennials_Catalog_2016.pdf

•                     Groundcover http://www.cavicchio.com/files/9614/5581/1864/Ground_Cover_Catalog_2016.pdf

•                     Grasses: http://www.cavicchio.com/files/7914/5581/2102/Grasses_Catalog_2016.pdf

•                     Vines: http://www.cavicchio.com/files/1414/5581/3835/Vines_Catalog_2016.pdf

•                     Prairie Moon Nursery Catalog

•                     https://www.prairiemoon.com/

•                     New England Wetland Plants Availability List

•                     http://newp.com/data/2016/11/2017-NEWP-CATALOG.pdf

•                     Garden in the Woods (Nasami farms)

•                     2017 plant availability list

•                     http://newenglandwild.org/grow/buy-native-plants/plant-availability-list.pdf