need advice populating our new property
Last year we bought 5 acres with a house in east austin. The lot is
approx 300X800 feet, bordered in the rear and one side by creeks. The land is level on the front (west) half, where the house is, and slopes downward and easterly to the back. There are many 30-50'elm trees, one mature live oak mott, some other oaks,large gum elastics, and some open prarie areas. Soils range from rich topsoil at the front, through alluvial gravel and sands, with dense clay at the rear near the creek There are many small leaved privets and wax leaved ligustrums that along with some dense greenbriar growth are playing the role of understory plants and wildlife habitat. As I would like to restore the land with natives, I could use some advice as to what to replace the exotics with as I remove them. Natives I have identified include Kidneye wood, a couple small Eve's necklace, numerous gum elastics, a few rough leaved dogwood patches, an Osage Orange, Hop Trees, a few Redbuds, one viburnum, elbow bush,deciduous youpon,fragrant sumac,a couple wild persimmon, poison ivy, greenbriar, prickly pear, horse crippler, pencil type cactuses. By far the most predominant plant is the small leaved privet. Unfortunately, when I pull the privet and greenbriars out from under the larger trees, it leaves large bare areas that provide no wildlife habitat, and generally changes the character of the area. I really do not like the "parklike" setting, I would prefer it to remain somewhat dense with narrow paths through interesting vegetation. So far, I have been planting turks cap, beauty berry, and some youpon hollies, but I could use some suggestions for additional native types not mentioned to keep it as diverse as possible. Thanks, Chris |
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