Roadside development & facilities

Section H - Roadside and site development

Restoration materials
Standard Plan H-10.10-01 (PDF 376KB)
Tree, Shrub and Groundcover Planting Details

Standard Plan H-10.15-01 (PDF 247KB)
Live Stake Installation Details

Section I - Site preservation and erosion control

Erosion control
Standard Plan I-10.10.-01 - Standard Plan I- 80.10-02

Roadside restoration and materials
Standard Specification 8-02 (PDF 1.1MB)

Standard Specification 9-14 (PDF 1.9MB)

Irrigation Systems
Standard Specification 8-03 (PDF 1.1MB)

Standard Specification 9-15 (PDF 1.9MB)

Erosion control
Standard Specification 8-01 (PDF 1.9MB)
Erosion Control and Water Pollution Control

Standard Specification 9-14 (PDF 1.1MB)
Erosion Control and Roadside Planting Materials

Construction references

Chapters 8-02 and 8-03 of the Construction Manual

Sampling Procedures for the Inspection of Seed

Roadside funding matrix (PDF 273KB)

Design decisions summary – Roadside Restoration Worksheet (XLS 46KB)

Maps

It is the policy of WSDOT to use native plants. This map of Washington State Eco-regions is an aid in determining what is considered native, and may be used to help in specifying and obtaining plant materials.

Eco-regions denote areas within which ecosystems (the type, quality, and quantity of environmental conditions) are generally similar. The approach used to compile this map is based on the premise that ecological regions can be identified through the analysis of the patterns and the composition of biotic and abiotic phenomena that affect or reflect differences in ecosystem quality and integrity (Wiken 1986; Omernik 1987, 1995). These phenomena include geology, physiography, vegetation, climate, soils, land use, wildlife, and hydrology. The relative importance of each characteristic varies from one ecological region to another regardless of the hierarchical level. 

Plants

Roadside Revegetation: An integrated approach to establishing native plants and pollinator habitat

Fire Effects on the Environment

Plants for Saline to Sodic Soil Conditions

Reading Seed Packaging Labels and Calculating Seed Mixtures

Trees of the Pacific Northwest

USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database

NorthWest Plants Database Systems

Western Wetland Plants

Weeds

Washington State University, Hortsense

Weather

Washington forecast discussions

Wise water use (PDF 49KB)

Adapting to changing climate

Juli Hartwig, PLA
Roadside and Site Development Manager
Eastern and South Central Region
Juli.Hartwig@wsdot.wa.gov
360-705-7242

Sheena Pietzold
Temporary Erosion Control and Stormwater
Sheena.Pietzold@wsdot.wa.gov
360-570-6644

Lindsey Jungbluth, PLA
Northwest Region
Lindsey.Jungbluth@wsdot.wa.gov
206-440-4506

Cameron Archie, PLA
Olympic Region
Cameron.Archie@wsdot.wa.gov
360-570-6689

Jackie Turner
North Central Region
Jackie.Turner@wsdot.wa.gov
509-667-3022

Dan Corlett, PLA
Southwest Region
Dan.Corlett@wsdot.wa.gov
360-905-2086

Ray Willard, PLA
Roadside Maintenance Landscape Architect
Ray.Willard@wsdot.wa.gov
360-705-7865