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Property Evaluation
What is involved in a property site evaluation
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Determine what plants you have growing on your site. This includes trees, grasses, and herbaceous plants like wildflowers and weeds.
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Determine which alien species are invasive and should be controlled. Offer control techniques.
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Suggest new plantings or enhancements to what already exists.
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Offer management techniques to control unwanted plants such as weeds, tree seedlings, and invasive plants.
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Upon completion of the evaluation a written evaluation report along with a spreadsheet of all plants is delivered to the client.
What is contained in the evaluation report?
- A spreadsheet of all species found on the property. This spreadsheet is divided into sections:
- List of all species
- List of all alien species ranked by invasiveness
- List of all native species ranked by coefficient of conservatism
- List of all species ranked by their rarity
- A report on changes to make to the property. This report is divided into sections:
- List of recommended plants to add to the property and locations on the property where they should be added
- Invasive plants found and how they should be controllled
- How to prepare site for planting, if necessary
- Best times for planting
- How to manage a site after it is planted.
Examples of evaluations
- Evaluate a persons city lot landscape
- Evaluate a persons small acreage that contains a remnant prairie or remnant woodland.
- Evaluate a persons large property that contains a remnant prairie
- Evaluate a persons property that has bare soil
What if I'm interested an evaluation
Contact me to set up an appointment.