West Toronto Railpath
Native seed collection
Organized by Scott Torrance Landscape Architect with the help of volunteers, seeds were collected from existing plants on the trail In October 2006. This native seed bank will be grown as plugs in a nursery and re-established on the site after completion of the trail. These plants, some rare, would have been destroyed during construction of the trail. Indigenous seed bank material maintains the unique gene pool of local plant material. Replanting and maintenance can be assisted by local community members, student and trail stakeholders.
Seed collected:
Overlooked dropseed
Prairie cordgrass
American bittersweet
Braken fern
Smooth rose
Spreading Dogbane
Choke Cherry
Virgin’s Bower
Common Evening-Primrose
Grass Leaved Goldenrod
Heavy Panic Grass
Grape-woodbine
Common Milkweed
Native seed collection
Organized by Scott Torrance Landscape Architect with the help of volunteers, seeds were collected from existing plants on the trail In October 2006. This native seed bank will be grown as plugs in a nursery and re-established on the site after completion of the trail. These plants, some rare, would have been destroyed during construction of the trail. Indigenous seed bank material maintains the unique gene pool of local plant material. Replanting and maintenance can be assisted by local community members, student and trail stakeholders.
Seed collected:
Overlooked dropseed
Prairie cordgrass
American bittersweet
Braken fern
Smooth rose
Spreading Dogbane
Choke Cherry
Virgin’s Bower
Common Evening-Primrose
Grass Leaved Goldenrod
Heavy Panic Grass
Grape-woodbine
Common Milkweed