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Using Landscape Plants for Phytoremediation

Science of Arboriculture
Science of Arboriculture
Episode • Apr 16, 2010
One means of de-polluting our soils, air, and water is through the use of living organisms, or bioremediation. If the bioremediation process uses plants to contain, degrade, eliminate, or accumulate these pollutants is called phytoremediation. Dr. Bonnie Appleton explains how trees and shrubs in the landscape were evaluated using Filterra®, a stormwater management system.