Caltrans next month will begin planting vegetation along the Highway 1/17 Interchange

Details include:

• 3,700 new plants
• 670 trees, two-thirds of which will be native coast redwoods. Other trees include bigleaf maple, Catalina ironwood, Chinese pistache, western hemlock and white alder.
• 1,700 vines will cover both sides of the soundwalls, including Boston ivy and creeping fig.
• Shrubs will include western redbud, Catalina cherry, Ray Hartman ceanothus, Pacific wax myrtle, lemonade berry and red escallonia.
• 7 acres will be seeded with native grasses and wildflowers.

SOURCE: Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission

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