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5 6. 7. a. SUN AND SHADE PATTERNS THE RELATIVE DURATION OF SUN AND SHADE PATTERNS WITHIN THE SITE WERE STUDIED BASED UPON A NINE HOUR INTERVAL BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 6 P.M. O94 THE LONGEST GAY OF THE YEAR ( 21 JUJE )• BECAUSE THE SUCCESS OF FLOWERING PLANTS IS DEPENDEN'r UPON SUNSHINE, THIS STUDY HELPS TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO VARIOUS GARDEN TYPES AND FEATURES. NATUP,AL RESOURCES INVENTORY — SOILS THIS IDENTIFIES AND INTERPRETS SOIL TEXTURE, AVAILABLE MOISTURE CAPACITY, INTERNAL DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY. THIS DATA. IS THEN UTILIZED IN DETER]-liIHING THE CAPABILITY OF SOILS FOR SUPPORTING VARIOUS TYPES OF VEGETATION. NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY — EXISTING PLANT CONtJ NITIES THE VARIOUS PLANT COt+TJNITIES OR ASSOCIATIONS WHICH EXISTED WITHIN THE SITE AS OF THE SUMMER OF 197b' WERE MAPPED. THIS INVENTORY PERTAINS TO THE SANCTUARY PART OF THE SITE. A TOTAL OF 21 INDIVIDUAL PLANT COM1-*knJ I TY ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED FOR ALL PARY. RESERVE DISTRICT LANDS. THESE 114DI VI DLAL PLANT COt`VlUN I T I ES HAVE BELA GROUPED INTO EIGHT PLANT COMMUNITY CATEGORIES: MESIC FOREST, MIXED UPLAND FOREST, LOWLAND FOREST, SAVANNA, UPLAND GRASSLAND, HERBACEOUS WETLANDS, OPEN WATER AND EXOTIC. AT THE NOERENBERG SITE, 13 OF THE 21 INDIVICUAL PLANT COMMUN— ITIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO EXIST REPRESENTING ALL 8 CATEGORIES. SUCH DIVERSITY OF PLAINT COMMUNITY TYPES IS UNUSUAL CONSIDERING THE RELATIVE SIZE OF THE SITE, AND OFFERS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR MANAGEMENT AS A SANCTUARY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF HABITAT TYPES. SPATIAL At,ALYS I S THIS STUDY IDENTIFIES THE GENERAL SPATIAL AND VISUAL QUALITY OCCURRING WITHIN THE SITE, AND HELPS TO EXPLAIN HOW THESE VISUAL FEATURES ARE INTERRELATED. 9. C910EPT PLAN OVERALL SITE CONCEPT: THE TWO PARTS OF THE SITE WILL OPERATE AS ONE FUNCTIONAL PARE: UNIT. ALTHOUGH THE NORTH PART OF THE SITE WILL BE A SANCTUARY, .LAD THE SOUTH PART A DISPLAY GARDEN, THE USER PUBLJC-iwll4L, ; CONSIDER THE T1•101AS CLOSELY` RELATED PARTS OF A SINGLE PARK. 'TMf L BISECTION OF THE SITE BY COUNTY ROAD 51 ADDS TO THE APPARENT SEPARATION INTO T1.10 PARK UNITS, AND IT 15 ALONG THIS ROAD THAT THE GREATEST EMPHASIS ON THE INTEGRATION OF THE T140 PARTS NEEDS TO OCCUR. ENTRY TO THE ENTIRE PARY, WILL OCCUR AT THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE. THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL PHYSICALLY AJD VISUALLY INTEGRATE THE ACCESS AND PARKING FOR THE SANCTUARY AND GARDFSJ. GARDEN RELATED BACKGROUND PLANTINGS OF TREES AND SHRUBS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROAD AROUND THE ENTRY —PARKING AREA OF THE SANCTUARY. THIS CONTINUITY OF PLANTING AT THE ENTRY WILL GIVE A. STRONGER IMPRESSION TO THE USER THAT THE SANCTUARY AND GARDEN ARE IN FACT PARTS OF THE SAS GARDEN RELATED PARK.