The waterways are generally surrounded by meadow habitat and Douglas-fir forests.
When the natural fire regime is prevented, large and woody vegetation encroaches on the plant's meadow habitat, producing competition and shade.
Today the arboretum contains over five miles (8 km) of nature trails, with forest, pond, wetland, and meadow habitats.
"People associate nature with trees and don't want to see trees cut down, but they lose sight of the fact that a meadow habitat is a whole different community."
This is a small, squat perennial herb which forms a flat to mounded mat on the floor of alpine meadow habitat.
Nearly 95 per cent of meadow habitat has disappeared from this country since the Second World War.
The Short-eared Owl nests on the ground in prairie, tundra, savanna, or meadow habitats.
Between the baseball diamonds and the Greenway is a designated meadow habitat.
An educational plaque provides information on meadow habitats.
Allow the reservoir to fill with sediments and transition to meadow habitat.