Demonstrates
Impoverished environment due to monocultures and poor wildlife habitats.
Description
A slight bund retaining the flood sector is treated as a mown lawn and over watered by sprinkler. It is a lifeless habitat with equally poor habitat plants at the southern end
Pinus strobus ‘Blue Shag’
Pinus strobus ‘Blue Shag’
Found in Decline: Sector D – Monoculture
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/48800/i-pinus-strobus-i-blue-shag/details
Symphoricarpos ‘Magical Sweet’
Thuja plicata ‘Fastigiata’
Thuja plicata ‘Fastigiata’ – western red cedar ‘Fastigiata’
This is a large, evergreen, narrowly-pyramidal tree reaching an ultimate height of up to 35m. Aromatic, glossy, scale-like, sharply-pointed leaves are held in large drooping sprays on spreading branches that curve upwards at the end. Cones are egg-shaped and around 1.3cm long. Western North America. Grows singly and in small groves in moist to swampy soils, usually in shady forests, from sea-level to 1350 metres.
12m+ H x 8m + W
It is hardy to zone (UK) 6. It is in leaf all year, in flower from March to April, and the seeds ripen from September to October. The species is monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and is pollinated by wind.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline soils.
It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist or wet soil. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.
Found in Decline: Sector D – Monoculture
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/99729/i-thuja-plicata-i-fastigiata/details
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