Overview

The City's Open Space Program also maintains a number of hedgerows and habitat nodes around the City.  These sites include the Old Lincoln Highway Hedgerow (from Olive Drive to County Road 105), the North Davis Meadows Hedgerow, the Northwest Davis Detention Basin and Habitat Node (at John Jones Road), the Cottonwood Habitat Node, and the Washoe Habitat Node. 

Hedgerows 

The Old Lincoln Highway Hedgerow, which is #3 on the map below, is a native plant hedgerow which is publicly accessible via a paved bike/pedestrian path as shown in the photo above.  The City's Open Space Program maintains another hedgerow in North Davis Meadows, which is #4 on the map below.  It is also publicly accessible via a dirt walking path that can be accessed from Black Hawk Place in the North Davis Meadows residential neighborhood. These hedgerows provide critical wildlife habitat and function as buffers between different land uses (i.e., residential homes and farmland, and public bike path and railroad tracks). 

Habitat Nodes 

Finally, the City's Open Space Program maintains several small habitat nodes around the City to provide habitat for pollinators and other native plant and animal species.  The Cottonwood Habitat Node and the Washoe Habitat Node are too small to have a walking path, but they can be viewed from the adjacent public streets.  The Northwest Davis Detention Basin and Habitat Node is a storm water detention basin that also functions as a habitat area. These three habitat nodes are #5 (NW Davis Detention Basin & Habitat Node), #7 (Cottonwood Habitat Node) and #8 ( Washoe Habitat Node) on the map below.  

Photo Gallery

    Some photos courtesy of Marc Hoshovsky.