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620.57 Drainage Geotextile (sewn seams) S q u a r e Y a r d
620.58 Erosion Control Geotextile S q u a r e Y a r d
620.59 Erosion Control Geotextile (sewn seams) S q u a r e Y a r d
620.60 Separation Geotextile S q u a r e Y a r d
620.61 Separation Geotextile (sewn seams) S q u a r e Y a r d
SECTION 621 - LANDSCAPING
621.01 Description This work shall consist of the Contractor furnishing and planting
trees, shrubs, vines, and other plants and shall include all pl anting operations and material as well as the care and replacement of the plants during the Maint enance Period, all in accordance with the specifications, Standard Details, planting plans and schedules and the directions of the Resident. Planting operations will be divided into two classes.
a.Class A Planting will consist of planting into the exis ting soil that has been amended with organic humus, peatmoss, compost, and/or other sta ndard horticultural soil amendments as approved by the Resident.
b.Class B Planting will consists of planting into the exis ting soil without amendments. Unless otherwise specified, all planting shall be Class A. 621.02 Materials - General All non-plant material shall confo rm to the requirements specified in the following Sections of Division 700 - Materials . Fertilizer 717.01 M u l c h 717.04 H u m u s 717.09 Water shall be free from oil, acids, alkalines, salts, or any other substances harmful to plantings.
621.03 Plant Material-All Classes
a.All plants shall conform to the current edition of the "A merican Standard for Nursery Stock" (ANSI Z60.1) unless otherwise indicated in the p lans or specifications.
b.All plants shall be first class representatives of their normal species or varieties, unless otherwise specified. All plants must have a good, healthy, well-formed upper growth and a large, fibrous, compact root system. Plants sheared into stiff or formal shapes will be rejected unless they have outgrown such shearing . Large-growing, deciduous trees shall have straight trunks and a single leader or as may be characteristic of the species. Tops shall be thickly branched, densely foliated, well balanced and in good proportion t o the height of the tree. Trees with weak trunks,
Source: Maine Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 2020 Edition. Pages 537–537 of 817.