Graphic Standards Field Guide to Softscape

Part of Wiley's new Graphic Standard Field Guides series, Graphic Standards Field Guide to Softscape is the reference for the on-the-go professional. The perfect companion to the main Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, this field guide provides the same standard architectural details and drawings that professionals count on from Graphic Standards, and adds photographs and interpretive information that are essential when outside the office and away from the design desk. The small trim size and durable binding makes it easy for landscape architects and designers to keep this resource on hand when on site, at meetings, or with clients. Organized to follow CSI's MasterFormat, this handy reference helps the landscape architect address a wide variety of practical issues pertaining to softscape including site work, working with Wetlands, irrigation systems, planting, and storm water drainage and structures. A procedural checklist makes sure nothing's missed on site.

LEONARD J. HOPPER, RLA, FASLA, is Director of Production and Construction Services at Mark K. Morrison Landscape Architecture, PC. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards and Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition and author of Security and Site Design and Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape (all from Wiley). Currently a faculty member at the City College Spitzer School of Architecture, Columbia University, and SUNY Farmingdale in New York, Mr. Hopper is a former president of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Landscape Architecture Foundation, a technical advisor for the Sustainable Sites Initiative, and a frequent speaker at universities and conferences.

Introduction vii

Part I: Soils and Earth 1

Chapter 1: Soils 3

Soil Overview 4

Soil Assessment 15

Designed Soil Mixes 34

Chapter 2: Earth Stripping and Stockpiling 43

Topsoil Preservation, Stripping, and Stockpiling 44

Chapter 3: Earthworks 51

Construction Damage to Existing Trees 52

Grading 69

Spreading and Grading Topsoil 77

Soil Erosion and Sediment Controls 82

Storm Water Pollution Controls 97

Part II: Planting 107

Chapter 4:Trees 109

Nursery Stock Standards 110

Site Considerations and Tree Selection 118

Tree Selection at the Nursery 142

Soil Amendments 184

Deciduous Tree Planting 189

Evergreen and Conifer Tree Selection and Planting 218

Chapter 5: Shrubs and Groundcovers 223

Shrub Selection and Planting 224

Chapter 6:Turf 237

Considerations and Objectives 238

Chapter 7: Planting in Difficult or Special Situations 277

Tree Planting in Paved Areas 278

Green Roofs 318

Xeriscape 348

Part III: Irrigation 355

Chapter 8: Irrigation and Water Use Efficiency 357

Irrigation Systems 358

Index 413

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Graphic Standards Field Guide to Softscape

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