Burke-Gilman Trail Vegetation Management Plan

Management Unit 1

Management Unit 1: NE 45th St. to NE 50th St. (Map 1B)
This section of trail has a single-family residential area to the west and a multiple-family residential/commercial area to the east.

This section of trail has a single-family residential area to the west and a multiple-family residential/commercial area to the east.

M1W1

• Remove invasive species from tree canopy and trunks.
  
• Remove invasive groundcover where tree health is affected.
  
• Diversify overstory with native conifers.
  
• Establish understory to limit invasive species, using plants for erosion control.

This area offers good potential for restoration of native vegetation on a hillside.

M1E1

• Join existing row plantings by filling gaps to create one continuous row planting.
  
• create mowed turf or mixed fescue grass understory.

Due to the amount of off-trail foot traffic in this area, there is little chance of developing any shrub or groundcover understory other than mowed turf or mixed grasses.

Addition of row trees to fill gaps adds to landscape character.

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