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5. 7. SUN A14D 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. OtJ THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR ( 21 JUNE ). BECAUSE THE SUCCESS OF FLOWERING PLANTS IS DEPENDENT UPON SUNSHINE, THIS STUDY HELPS TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO VARIOUS GARDEN TYPES AND FEATURES. NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY - SOILS THIS IDENTIFIES AND INTERPRETS SOIL TEXTURE, AVAILABLE MOISTURE CAPACITY, INTERNAL DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY. THIS DATA IS THEN UTILIZED IN DETERMINING THE CAPABILITY OF SOILS FOR SUPPORTING VARIOUS TYPES OF VEGETATION. NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY - EXISTING PLANT COMITIES THE VARIOUS PLANT COMMUNITIES OR ASSOCIATIONS WHICH EXISTED WITHIN THE SITE AS OF THE SUMMER OF 1976 WERE MAPPED. THIS INVENTORY PERTAINS TO THE SANCTUARY PART OF THE SITE. A TOTAL OF 21 INDIVIDUAL PLANT COMPIUNITY AS :ATIONS HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED FOR ALL PAP►; FESERVE DISTRICT LANDS. THESE INDIVIDUAL PLANT CaV"ITIES HAVE BE:'' GROUPED INTO EIGHT PLANT COM 14ITY CATEGORIES: MES!C FOREST, MIXED UPLAND FOREST, LOWLAND FOREST, SAVANNA, UPLAND GRASSLAND, HERBA-FOUS WETLANDS, OPEN WATER 410 EXOTIC. AT THE NOERENBERG SITE, 13 OF THE 21 INDIVIDUAL PLANT COMMUN- ITIES I-AVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO EXIST REPRESENTING ALL 8 CATFGOF'ES. SUCH DIVERSITY OF PLANT COMMUNITY TYPES IS UNUSUAL CONSIDERING THE RELATIVE SIZE OF THE SITE, AND OFFERS AN EXCELLE14T OPPORTUNITY FOR tlo-kNAGEMENT AS A SANCTUARY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF HABITAT TYPES. 8. SPATiAL ANALYSIS THVSTUDY IDENTIFIES WITHIN THE SITE, AND IN" ERRELATED. 9. CCNC''PT PLAN THE GENERAL SPATIAL AND VISUAL DUALITY OCCURRING HELPS TO EXPLAIN HOW THESE VISUAL FEATURES ARE OVERALL SITE COtJCEPT: THE TWO PARTS OF THE SITE WILL OPERATE AS ONE :�-TICTZONAL PARK alIT. ALTHOUGH THE NORTH PART OF THE SITE WILL BE A SANCTUARY, AND THE SOUTH PMT A DISPLAY GARDEN, THE USER PUBLIC WILL CONSIDER. THE TWO AS CLOSEL FAELAMM PARTS OF A SINGLE PARK. THE BI:-'--TIOtl OF THE SITE BY COLtM ROAD 51 ADDS TO THE APPARENT SEPARATION I I,10 T1.10 PARK UNITS, AND IT IS ALONG THIS ROAD THAT THE GREATEST EMPH'AS I S ON TIE INTEGRATION OF THE TWO PARTS NEEDS TO OCCUR. ENTRY TO THE ENTIRE PART; WILL OCCUR AT THE EAST SIDE OF THE 51TF. THIS ARRANGEhENT WILL PHYSICALLY AtJD VISUALL`' :NTEGRATE THE ACCESS AND PARKING FOR THE SANCTUARY AND GARDFN. GARDEN RELATED BACKGROUND PLANTINGS OF TREES A141) SHRUF6S WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROAD ARCUJD THE ENTRY -PARKING AREA OF THE SANCTUARY. THIS CONTINUITY OF PLANTING AT THE ENTRY WILL GIVE A STROrJGER IMPRESSION TO THE USER THAT TFIE SANCTUARY AND GARDEN ARE IN FACT PARTS OF THE SAME GARDEN RELATED PARK. A "lY lTt: