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Illustration of a shortleaf pine, common to the dry-oak pine forest of the eastern US.
Pinus echinata (Shortleaf pine)
Green heron undera. marshy dock succesfully hunting a small fish in shallow water. Can see it's neck fully extend!
Butorides virescens (Green Heron) successful…
A cute green anole resting on a leaf.
Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole)
Sunset reflected on marsh waters.
Sunset on Marsh waters
Aerial view of urban area of Los Angeles (LA).
Aerial view of Los Angeles
Illustration of a hydro power station
Energy: hydro power station
Illustration of a building with a green roof covered in vegetation, used to reduce heat and rainwater runoff in heavily urbanized areas.
Urban: green roof 3
Perennial native plants like the bee balm (Monarda didyma) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The red color attracts hummingbirds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Bee balm (Monarda didyma)
Perennial native plants like coneflowers (Echinecea) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. They attract birds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Coneflowers (Echinecea) and bee
Conceptual diagram illustrating tabulated Best Management Practices (BMPs).
Best Management Practices (BMPs)
By elevating the rain barrel in this vegetable garden, the property owner is more likely to get a steady water flow.
Elevated rain barrel
An infiltration trench (a.k.a. infiltration galley) is a rock-filled trench with no outlet that receives stormwater runoff. Stormwater runoff passes through some combination of pretreatment measures, such as a swale and detention basin, and into the trench. There, runoff is stored in the void space between the stones and infiltrates through the bottom and into the soil matrix. The primary pollutant removal mechanism of this practice is filtering through the soil.
infiltration trench
Hybird cars are appreciated with favorable parking spaces.
parking for hybrid vehicles
Permeable pavers are brick-like materials that are manufactured in a variety of shapes. Pavers fit together like tiles and are set with small gaps between them, creating grooves for water to infiltrate the soil beneath. Permeable pavers reduce stormwater runoff volume and flow rate, and increase groundwater infiltration and recharge.
permeable pavers
Side view of public transit bus
Public transport: bus
Coneflowers in Central Park with New York City skyline in the background.
Coneflowers with city skyline
Cover crops (bright green) near Rock Hall
Cover Crops
Illustration of bamboo
Bamboo 2
Conceptual diagram illustrating several of the more notable species provided habitat by mangrove forests.
Mangrove forest wildlife
Conceptual diagram illustrating changes due to the warming of the atmosphere. The average temperature on Earth has been increasing for many years, caused by increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Rising temperatures lead to a number of changes around the world.
Atmosphere Warming Changes
Illustration of Beach Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa)
Hudsonia tomentosa (Beach Heath)
Illustration of Lobaria pulmonaria, a large epiphytic lichen consisting of an ascomycete fungus and a green algal partner living together in a symbiotic relationship with a cyanobacterium.
Lobaria pulmonaria
The tree-lined Skyline Drive wends through Shenandoah National Park along mountain ridges, providing opportunities to see expansive vistas as well as hardwood forests.
Tree-lined Skyline Drive
Illustration of bamboo
Bamboo 1
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