Transcript Natural Plant Communities as Green Roof Templates

Natural Plant Communities
as Green Roof Templates
A Pilot Study at SUNY-ESF
Tim Toland
Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
Don Leopold
Chair and Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Environmental
and Forest Biology
Terry Ettinger
Greenhouse Manager, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology
James Johnson
Graduate Student, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology
Growing Green Infrastructure Conference
Syracuse, NY
November 17, 2010
Eastern Ontario Dune
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Alvar Pavement Barrens
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Natural Growing Conditions
Senecio pauperculus – balsam groundsel
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Plants
Selected Alvar Species
Agropyron trachycaulum – slender wheatgrass
Aquilegia canadensis – wild columbine
Artemisa campestris var. caudata – tall wormwood
Aster ciliolatus – aster
Bromus kalmii – brome grass
Campanula rotundifolia – American harebell
Carex crawei – Craw’s sedge
Carex eburnea – ebony sedge
Carex granularis – sedge
Carex vulpinoidea – brown fox sedge
Danthonia spicata – poverty grass
Deschampsia cespitosa – tufted hairgrass
Fragaria virginiana –wild strawberry
Geum triflorum – prairie smoke
Hedyotis longifolia – pale bluet
Juniperus communis – common juniper
Juniperus horizontalis – creeping juniper
Juniperus virginiana – eastern redcedar
Muhlenbergia glomerata – spike or marsh muhly
Oligoneuron album – upland white aster
Penstemon hirsutus - hairy beardtongue
Phlox divaricata – wild phlox
Rhus aromatica – fragrant sumac
Rosa blanda – meadow rose
Saxifraga virginiensis – early saxifrage
Schizachyrium scoparium – little bluestem
Senecio pauperculus – balsam groundsel
Solidago hispida – goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis – gray goldenrod
Solidago ohioensis – Ohio goldenrod
Sporobolus heterolepis – northern prairie dropseed
Symporicarpos albus - snowberry
Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus – white camas
Zizia aurea – golden alexanders
Selected Great Lakes Sand Dune Species
Ammophila breviligulata – beachgrass
Deschampsia flexuosa – common hairgrass
Elymus canadensis – Canada wild rye
Prunus pumila var. depressa – sand cherry
Salix cordata – dune willow
Vitis riparia – dune grape
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Plant Sources
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Construction
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Construction
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Growing Media (donated by Carlisle)
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Growing Media
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Initial Observations
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Tall wormwood, Artemisa campestris var. caudata
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Wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana
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Craw’s Sedge, Carex crawii
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Dune Willow, Salix cordata
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Sandcherry, Prunus pumila var. depressa
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Blooms
Aster ciliolatus
Solidago ohioensis
Campanula rotundifolia
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Color/Texture
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Insect Activity
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Plant Performance
Early saxifrage, Saxifraga virginiensis
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Pale bluet, Houstonia longifolia
White camas, Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus
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Future Studies
 Short Term
 Overwintering
 Drought Test
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Gateway Building
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Future Studies
 Long Term
 Media depth impacts
 Media type
 Planting composition
 Additional species studies
 Species life cycle studies
 Biomass impacts
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Questions?
Contacts:
Tim Toland ([email protected])
Don Leopold([email protected])
Terry Ettinger ([email protected])
James Johnson ([email protected])
Natural Plant Communities as Green Roof Templates