San Marcos River: Native Riparian & Littoral Habitat Restoration Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan Conservation Measures 5.3.8/5.4.12/5.7.1
Littoral/Riparian/WQ Buffer Plant List Agarita Berberis trifoliolata Alamo Vine Merremia dissecta American Ulmus elm americana American Justicia water americana willow Ehretia Anacua anacua Arrowhead Sagittaria platyphylla Ash Fraxinus sp. Ashe Juniperus juniper ashei Bald Taxodium cypress distichum Nolina Bear grass texana Beautyberry Callicarpa americana Big Andropogo Bluestem n gerardi Black Junglans walnut nigra Black willow Salix nigra Blazing Star Liatris mucronata Blue Bouteloua gamma gracilis Box elder Brasil Broadleaf woodoats Buffalo Gourd Bur oak Bushy bluestem Buttonbush Camphor weed Catalpa Cats claw mimosa Cedar elm Chinquapin oak Common green brier Cottonwood Cottonwood Creeping Primrose Willow Crow-foot caric sedge Acer negundo Condalia hookeri Chasmanthium latifolium Cucurbita foetidissima Quercus macrocarpa Andropogon glomeratus Cephalanthus occidentalis Pluchea odorata Catalpa speciosa Mimosa biancifera Ulmus crassifolia Quercus meuhlenbergii Smilax rotundifolia Populus deltoides Populus deltoides Ludwigia repens Carex crus-corvi Devil's shoestring Dewberry Dwarf palmetto Eastern gamagrass Elderberry Emory's sedge Evergreen sumac Eve's necklace False indigo bush False nettle Flameleaf Sumac Fragrant mimosa Giant cutgrass Green ash Hairy Gramma Hog plum Nolina lindheimeria na Rubus trivialis Sabal minor Tripsacum dactyloides Sambucus canadensis Carex emoryi Rhus virens Sophora affins Amorpha fruticosa Boehmeria cylindrica Rhus lanceolata Mimosa borealis Zizaniopsis miliacea Fraxinus pennsylvani ca Andropogon hirsuta Colubrina texensis Honey mesquite Huisache Illinois pondweed Indian Grass Inland Sea Oats Kidneywood Lime prickly ash Lindheimer muhly Prosopis glandulosa Acacia farrnesiana Potamogeton illinoensis Sorghastrum nutans Chasmanthium latifolium Eysenhardtia texana Zanthoxylum fagara Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Live oak Quercus virginiana Mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Mexican buckeye Ungnadia speciosa Mexican Palm Sabal mexicana Mexican plum Prunus mexicana Mexican redbud Mountain Laurel Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Sophora secundiflora Muhly grass Osage Orange Pecan Plains coreopsis Possum-haw Retama Retama + Ashe Juniper Rice cutgrass Rough leaf dogwood Rusty blackhaw Sawgrass Shiny Sumac Shiny sumac (skunkbush) Shrubby Yellowcrest Muhlenbergia capillaris Maclura pomifera Carya illinoinensis Coreopsis tinctoria Ilex decidua Parkinsonia aculeata Parkinsonia aculeata + Juniperus ashei Leersia oryzoides Cornus drummondii Viburnam rufidulum Cladium jamaicense Rhus lanceolata Rhus trilobata Hemia salicifolia Side-oats gamma Bouteloua curtipendula Snow on the Mountain Soapberry Euphorbia marginata Sapindus saponaria Sugarberry / hackberry Celtis laevigata Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Texas ash Fraxinus texensis Texas cupgrass Eriochloa sericae Texas lantana Lantana urticoides Texas mountain laurel Texas persimmon Texas red oak Texas winter grass Tickle tongue Tx Mountain Laurel Wafer ash Western soapberry Yaupon holly Yellow indian grass Sophora secundiflora Diospyros texana Quercus buckleyi Nassella leucotricha Zanthoxylum hirsutum Sophora secundiflora Ptelea trifoliolata Sapindus saponaria Ilex vomitoria Sorghastrum nutans
Upper Sewell Park Contour Terracing Fall 2013 Native Plantings Spring 2014 Summer 2015
Upper Rio Vista Terracing & Mulch Winter 2014 Invasive Removal Fall 2014 Native Plantings Summer 2015
Upper Rio Vista Fall 2014 February 2014 Summer 2015
Rio Vista Gardens Before After
Lower Rio Vista Invasive Removal Fall 2014 Native Plantings Spring 2015 Summer 2015
Challenges Irrigation University & City taps TCEQ Water Permits Water Tanks Buckets & Pitchers New strategy due to limited availability of water: Prohibitive zone plant xeric thorny WQ zone terrestrial (seed) Area along river - plantings Thorny restrictive plantings grow well with minimal water Invasive Regrowth Challenges Large seedbanks and extensive root systems Native growth is dense - treating regrowth is a challenge
Questions? Eastern Spillway on Spring lake