SBPC Recommended Plant
Pallet for Herondo ROW Site
Jim Light, President SBPC, Certified California Naturalist 9 JUN 22
■ Reflect pre-European historic habitat
■ Integrate with Redondo bluff and Green Belt
restoration projects and future wetland habitat
at AES site
■ Honor terms between SCE and the City
■ Ensure flowering native plants year round
■ Include beneficial evergreen species to offset
beneficial but summer deciduous natives
■ Include plants that would provide borders, slope
stabilization, and ground cover
■ Ensure drought tolerant, low maintenance
native plants
Herondo ROW plant pallet objectives
S O U T H B A Y P A R K L A N D C O N S E R V A N C Y
Herondo ROW plant pallet influences
S O U T H B A Y P A R K L A N D C O N S E R V A N C Y
Site considerations
§ Historically part of coastal dune system
§ Low rainfall, coastal area, full sun
§ Flat area, sloped to west, and some steep slopes to Herondo § Site is heavily disturbed from original state
§ Compacted areas, not original soil/sand
§ Construction debris
§ Numerous disturbances from pipeline, power lines, parking, construction dumping, off-road vehicles
§ Filled with invasive grasses, weeds and other plants
Pallet selection resources
§ Calscape database, Jepson manual
§ Review and inputs by local native habitat biologist
§ California Native Plant Society list of historical native plants § Approved pallet for Redondo bluff restoration
§ Pallet for Hermosa Greenbelt native plant project
Recommended pallet overview
S O U T H B A Y P A R K L A N D C O N S E R V A N C Y
§ 40 native species (19 strongly preferred)
§ All pollinators
§ All low water and sun loving
§ All native to Redondo Beach area
§ 14 evergreen
§ 10 provide good bank stabilization
§ 5 ground covers
§ 6 can be used as hedges/borders
§ 2 must monitor for height to meet SCE requirements
§ Estimate between 1500 and 2000 plants per acre
§ Recommend overhead irrigation for first 3 years
§ Tune based on actual rainfall
§ Site should include open areas of soil
Herondo ROW plant recommended pallet
S O U T H B A Y P A R K L A N D C O N S E R V A N C Y
§ Common and botanical name
§ Type – annual, perennial, shrub, succulent, herb
§ Ranges of height and width
§ Flowering season and color
§ Deciduous or evergreen
§ Use – bank stabilization, ground cover, hedge
Select plant images to demonstrate variety
S O U T H B A Y P A R K L A N D C O N S E R V A N C Y
Beach
evening
primrose
Red sand
verbena
Bush
Sunflower
Lanceleaf
liveforever
Toyon
Lemonade
Berry
Purple Sage
Bladderpod
Dune bush
lupine
Excited to make a native habitat at Herondo a reality.
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