New York City green roofs planted with native vegetation may perform better at managing stormwater than conventional succulent-planted green roofs, according to case study

New York City green roofs planted with native vegetation may perform better at managing stormwater than conventional succulent-planted green roofs, according to case study

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0266593  

Article Title: Comparing the hydrological performance of an irrigated native vegetation green roof with a conventional Sedum spp. green roof in New York City

Author Countries: U.S.A.

Funding: This work was funded, in part, by the National Science Foundation grant CMMI-1325676 (PC) (https://www.nsf.gov/), Environmental Protection Agency contract EP-15-C-000016 (PC) (https://www.epa.gov/), and South Carolina Sea Grant 2004324 (NS) (https://www.scseagrant.org/). The authors wish to thank the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation for constructing and monitoring the Ranaqua green roof through a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the New York State Office of the Attorney General. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not meant to represent the views of any supporting institution. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.