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California Bulrush improves wetland water quality

Posted by: Maven on January 16, 2010 at 8:05 am

From Turfgrass Trends:

“As the social demand for a cleaner and better environment grows, more ecological engineering that incorporates phytoremediating plants will be integrated in the architecture and design of better quality human settlements and other social and sport facilities. Blended into the designed landscape, these plants will add aesthetic values of the design while providing a natural way to remove various pollutants and waste.

California bulrush (Schoenoplectus californicus), also known as giant bulrush, can facilitate removal of some toxic metals from both municipal and industrial pollutants. In wetland construction and reconversion of degraded marshes, this plant helps improve water quality.

California bulrush is a perennial graminoid plant commonly found in marshes, swamps, seeps, lake, washes, floodplains, along lake and stream margins and in wet meadows. It spreads primarily by vegetative propagation, producing new stems from an extensive system of underground rhizomes and, to a limited extent, through seed dispersal. … “

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January 16, 2010 · Filed Under Water Quality

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