Natural Plant Communities as Green Roof Templates A Pilot Study at SUNY-ESF Tim Toland Assistant...

Natural Plant Communities as Green Roof TemplatesNatural Plant Communities as Green Roof Templates

A Pilot Study at SUNY-ESFA Pilot Study at SUNY-ESF

Tim Toland Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture

Tim Toland Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture

Don Leopold Chair and Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology

Don Leopold Chair and Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology

Terry Ettinger Greenhouse Manager, 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

James Johnson Graduate Student, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology

Growing Green Infrastructure ConferenceSyracuse, NYNovember 17, 2010

Natural Plant Communities as Green Roof Templates

Eastern Ontario Dune


Alvar Pavement Barrens


Natural Growing Conditions

Senecio pauperculus – balsam groundsel


PlantsSelected 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 smokeHedyotis 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 beardtonguePhlox divaricata – wild phloxRhus aromatica – fragrant sumacRosa 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 dropseedSymporicarpos albus - snowberry Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus – white camas Zizia aurea – golden alexanders

Selected Great Lakes Sand Dune SpeciesAmmophila breviligulata – beachgrassDeschampsia flexuosa – common hairgrassElymus canadensis – Canada wild rye Prunus pumila var. depressa – sand cherry Salix cordata – dune willow Vitis riparia – dune grape


Plant Sources


Construction


Growing Media (donated by Carlisle)


Growing Media


Day 1


Day 13


Day 21


Day 34


Day 57


Day 64


Day 134


Initial Observations


Tall wormwood, Artemisa campestris var. caudata

Day 10 Day 134


Wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana


Craw’s Sedge, Carex crawii


Dune Willow, Salix cordata


Sandcherry, Prunus pumila var. depressa


BloomsAster ciliolatus

Solidago ohioensis

Campanula rotundifolia


Color/Texture


Insect Activity


Plant Performance

Early saxifrage, Saxifraga virginiensis Pale bluet, Houstonia longifolia


White camas, Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus


Future Studies

Short Term Overwintering Drought Test


Gateway Building


Future Studies

Long Term Media depth impacts Media type Planting composition Additional species studies Species life cycle studies Biomass impacts


Questions?

Contacts: Tim Toland ([email protected])

Don Leopold([email protected])Terry Ettinger ([email protected])

James Johnson ([email protected])

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