The riparian area in 9/96 after the Bobcat had filled the holes. Stakes mark where trees will go.
Riparian plants grow along rivers and bodies of water. We live in a coastal desert, but with the use of drip irrigation we have been very successful getting riparian plants to thrive. They love our clay soil which retains moisture for a long time. We have very heavily mulched this area to retain even more moisture, and we had a backhoe dig deep holes which we filled with compost for the deep rooted trees.
Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepsis), Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa), California Blackberry (Rubus ursinus), California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera), California Raspberry (Rubus leucodermis), California Sycamore (Platanus racemosa), Dear Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens), Monkey Flower (Mimulus cardinalis), Desert Grape (Vitis girdiana), Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordani), Mexican Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana), Mule Fat (Baccharis glutinosa), Poverty Weed (Iva hayesiana), Three Leafed Sumac (Rhus trilobata), San diego Willowy Mint (Monardella linoides), Squaw waterweed (Baccharis sergiloides), Western Cottonwood (Populus fremonti), Wild Rose (Rosa californica), Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
The riparian area in 9/96 after the Bobcat had filled the holes. Stakes mark where trees will go.
12/97 same view as in 9/96