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Potrero Canyon Preserve Palisades Park and Recreation Center A’ A” B” B’ De Pauw Street Swarthmore Avenue Alma Real Drive Frontera Drive Alma Real Drive Earlham Street Friends Street Pacific Coast Highway 0 25 50 100 Plant Communities Wet Riparian Zone Check Dam Check Dam Trail Access Road Meadow Native Garden Overlook Check Dam Restroom Preserve Entrance Preserve Entrance New Accessible Parking Spaces Preserve Parking Improvements at Palisades Park and Recreation Center Accessible Parking: 5 Spaces Regular Parking: 25 Spaces Dry Riparian Zone See Typical Riparian Creek Plan Overlook Check Dam Check Dam Check Dam Riparian Adjacent Woodlands/ Coastal Scrub Transition Zone Check Dam Trail Fuel Modification Zone Coastal Bluff Scrub Zone Project Location *The Fuel Modification Zone is composed mostly of coastal scrub plant material. Planting will be “islands” of small plant/tree groupings widely spaced with mulched ground. Open areas will be hydroseeded for erosion control and maintenance. These fuel modification zone planting considerations will help prevent the creation of fire fuel ladders in areas adjacent to homes along the canyon. Overlook Check Dam Trail Trail Continues to Temescal Canyon Overlook Pump Station Location Regional Location Map City of Los Angeles Sunset Blvd Sunset Blvd San Vicente Blvd Wilshire Blvd Pacific Coast Highway 10 Freeway 405 Project Location Los Angeles Burbank Downey West Covina Thousand Oaks Simi Valley Angeles National Forest Torrance Long Beach Fullerton Newport Beach Populus fremontii spp. fremontii Fremont’s Cottonwood Salix laevigata Red Willow Baccharis salicifolia spp. salicifolia Mule Fat Juncus patens California Gray Rush Mimulus guttatus Seep Monkey Flower Wet Riparian Zone Rosa californica California Wild Rose Platanus racemosa California Sycamore Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak Baccharis salicifolia spp. salicifolia Mule Fat Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass Dry Riparian Zone Juglans californica Southern California Black Walnut Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon Malacothamnus fasciculatus Bush Mallow Optunia littoralis Coastal Prickly Pear Fuel Modification Zone* Elymus condensatus Giant Wild Rye Juglans californica Southern California Black Walnut Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak Baccharis pilularis spp. consanguinea Coyote Brush Ceanothus spinosus Greenbark Ceanothus Riparian Adjacent Woodlands/ Coastal Scrub Transition Zone Acmispon glaber Deerweed Baccharis pilularis Coyote Brush Encelia californica Bush Sunflower Eriogonum fasciculatum California Buckwheat Optunia littoralis Coastal Prickly Pear Coastal Bluff Scrub Zone Representative Species Representative Species Representative Species Representative Species Representative Species The Potrero Canyon Nature Preserve consists of approximately 46 acres of City-owned property, located in the Pacific Palisades area of Council District 11. Potrero Canyon was purchased by the City in the 1960s and has a long history of landslides and instability. Construction of the Preserve will substantially stabilize the canyon walls while creating approximately eight-acres of riparian habitat, with walking paths and scenic overlooks. The riparian habitat will be irrigated by diverting and cleaning urban runoff and storm water flowing in the existing storm drain. Site specific native California plant species will be planted throughout the canyon to restore natural habitat. Walking paths will extend from the Palisades Recreation Center to the beach. An ADA compliant restroom will be installed in the northerly portion of the canyon with additional parking for Preserve visitors provided at the Palisades Recreation Center. Impermeable Liner D Typical Riparian Creek Plan 0 2.5 5 10
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Potrero Canyon Preserve
Palisades Park and Recreation
Center
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De Pauw Street
Swarthmore Avenue
Alma Real Drive
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Alma Real Drive
Earlham Str
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Friends Street
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Plant Communities
Wet Riparian Zone
Check Dam
Check Dam
Trail
Access Road
Meadow
Native Garden
Overlook
Check Dam
RestroomPreserve Entrance
Preserve Entrance
New Accessible Parking Spaces
Preserve Parking Improvements at Palisades Park and Recreation CenterAccessible Parking: 5 SpacesRegular Parking: 25 Spaces
Dry Riparian Zone
See Typical Riparian Creek Plan
Overlook
Check Dam
Check Dam
Check Dam
Riparian Adjacent Woodlands/Coastal Scrub Transition Zone
Check Dam
Trail
Fuel Modification Zone
Coastal Bluff Scrub Zone
Project Location
*The Fuel Modification Zone is composed mostly of coastal scrub plant material. Planting will be “islands” of small plant/tree groupings widely spaced with mulched ground. Open areas will be hydroseeded for erosion control and maintenance. These fuel modification zone planting considerations will help prevent the creation of fire fuel ladders in areas adjacent to homes along the canyon.
Overlook
Check Dam
Trail
Trail Continues to Temescal Canyon
Overlook
Pump Station Location
Regional Location Map City of Los Angeles
Sunset Blvd
Sunset Blvd
San Vicente Blvd
Wilsh
ire Bl
vd
Pacific Coast Highway 10 Freeway
405
Project Location
Los Angeles
Burbank
Downey
West Covina
Thousand Oaks
Simi Valley
Angeles National Forest
Torrance
Long Beach
Fullerton
Newport Beach
Populus fremontii spp. fremontiiFremont’s Cottonwood
Salix laevigataRed Willow
Baccharis salicifolia spp. salicifoliaMule Fat
Juncus patensCalifornia Gray Rush
Mimulus guttatusSeep Monkey FlowerWet Riparian Zone
Rosa californicaCalifornia Wild Rose
Platanus racemosaCalifornia Sycamore
Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak
Baccharis salicifolia spp. salicifoliaMule Fat
Muhlenbergia rigensDeer Grass
Dry Riparian Zone
Juglans californicaSouthern California Black Walnut
Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak
Heteromeles arbutifoliaToyon
Malacothamnus fasciculatusBush Mallow
Optunia littoralisCoastal Prickly PearFuel Modification Zone*
Elymus condensatusGiant Wild Rye
Juglans californicaSouthern California Black Walnut
Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak
Baccharis pilularis spp. consanguineaCoyote Brush
Ceanothus spinosusGreenbark Ceanothus
Riparian Adjacent Woodlands/Coastal Scrub Transition Zone
Acmispon glaberDeerweed
Baccharis pilularisCoyote Brush
Encelia californicaBush Sunflower
Eriogonum fasciculatumCalifornia Buckwheat
Optunia littoralisCoastal Prickly PearCoastal Bluff Scrub Zone
Representative SpeciesRepresentative SpeciesRepresentative SpeciesRepresentative SpeciesRepresentative Species
The Potrero Canyon Nature Preserve consists of approximately 46 acres of City-owned property, located in the Pacific Palisades area of Council District 11. Potrero Canyon was purchased by the City in the 1960s and has a long history of landslides and instability. Construction of the Preserve will substantially stabilize the canyon walls while creating approximately eight-acres of riparian habitat, with walking paths and scenic overlooks. The riparian habitat will be irrigated by diverting and cleaning urban runoff and storm water flowing in the existing storm drain. Site specific native California plant species will be planted throughout the canyon to restore natural habitat. Walking paths will extend from the Palisades Recreation Center to the beach. An ADA compliant restroom will be installed in the northerly portion of the canyon with additional parking for Preserve visitors provided at the Palisades Recreation Center.
Impermeable Liner
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Typical Riparian Creek Plan 0 2.5 5 10
