ArcheWild’s authentic approach to building riparian buffers is modelled on how nature works.

Large, dense thickets of site-appropriate shrubs with a few scattered trees to act as a seed source for a future forest.

Most active riparian areas’ terminal community type is either a shrubland or riverine meadow. Inundation, scour, beavers, and other factors limit the growth of trees.

Where the riparian zone is not active, more trees can be used.