Coming up with a plan

Once we decided to go ahead and do a demonstration project with the area on Newall Street, the next things we needed was a plan. Tom Enright at the Flushing Nature Center and leader of the Wild Ones Flint invested a great deal of time and energy in creating a series of plans, actually for the area. The one we are currently using as a guide is shown below, followed by a recommended plant list.

Plants for specific Areas of Site Plan as listed on the map below.

A) Upland grass and forb mix (seed)
Black-eyed susan (yellow)
Wild Bergamont (pink)
Little Blue Stem
June grass
Sand coreapsis (yellow)
Hare bell (blue)
Sweet everlasting (white)
Spider wort (blue)
Smooth aster (blue/purple)
Hairy beard tongue pale purple
Stiff goldenrod (yellow)
Showy goldenrod (yellow)
New England Aster (purple)
Indian Grass

B) Mix of shrubs grasses and Forbs
Grasses and forbs as seed and seeded in groups
Indian grass
Little blue stem
Wild Bergamont (pink)
Yellow coneflower (yellow)
Wild columbine (red)
Cup plant (yellow) iron weed (purple)
Mountain min (white)
Boneset (white)
Joe Pye weed (purple)
New England Aster (purple)
White Beard tongue (white)
Showy golden rod (yellow)
Big leaved aster
Zigzag goldenrod

Shrubs
Red Elder berry
Alternate leaf dogwood
Hazelnut
Service berry
Grey dogwood

C) Woodland flowers
Wild columbine (red)
May apple
Wild geranium
Bloodroot
Solomon seal
Bracken fern
Big leaved aster
Zigzag goldenrod

Long term recommendations
Remove invasive Siberian Elm Trees and replace with maple, black cherry oak or sassafras