The grasses at Rocky Point and Gunpowder State Park Hammerman Areas continue to thrive and are producing seed pods throughout each consecutive year’s planting area. The fact that these classroom grown grasses continue to expand each year is very promising, and we will continue to search out new sites for restoration.

These sites will be monitored as well as other sites from previous years throughout the summer. If the grasses continue to do well, we will continue to expand the planting areas in the future. We appreciate all of your hard work this season growing your bay grasses, and hope to see you next year.

2010 Bay Grass Survival Chart

Location	Area Planted (m2)	Area still vegetated (m2)	Comments
Gunpowder Falls State Park Hammerman Area (Baltimore County) site established 2008	80m2	60m2	Redhead grass (Potamogeton perfoliatus), water stargrass (Heteranthera dubia) and wild celery (Vallisneria americana) were planted at this site. Water clarity was excellent and most of the plants were more than 1 meter tall. Many of the plants had seed pods beginning to grow.
	The grasses at Gundpowder continue to thrive.
BlackWalnut Creek, CBF Headquarters Severn River (Anne Arundel County) site established 2010	20m2	0m2	Only redhead grass (Potamogeton perfoliatus) was planted at the site. All of the redhead planted here did not survive. This experimental site was tried to see if grasses could grown behind the breakwaters.
Seneca Creek State Park Clopper Lake (Montgomery County) site established 2003	30m2	12m2	Wild celery (Vallisneria americana) was planted at this site. Water clarity was good, but hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) was abundant throughout exclosure. Grasses planted in 2005-2007 sites had healthy plants with some developing reproductive structures. (Potamogeton nodosus) was also found in Clopper Lake.
	Wild Celery planted in 2005 continues to grow.
Pickering Creek (Talbot County) site established 2010	5m2	0m2	Only redhead grass (Potamogeton perfoliatus) was planted at the site.
North Bay (Cecil County) site established 2004	20m2	10m2	Sago pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata) and wild celery (Vallisneria americana) were planted at this site. Due to the severe wave action, the plants were located near the edge of the breakwater to afford some protection during storms.

For more information, contact Mark Lewandowski at 410-260-8634