9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Applying Principles of Natural Plant Communities to Stormwater Management

Structural stormwater management facilities are extreme sites requiring vegetative layers to be functionally successful. Substrate conditions vary between wet and extremely dry throughout the growing season, and proper plant selection becomes more difficult with higher pH levels, salt concentrations, and compacted soil layers. Learn how basing designs on naturally occurring plant communities that evolved under similar conditions can improve the efficacy of stormwater management.

• Understand complex site conditions within structural Best Management Practices
• Appreciate the plant community-based design approach to meet Low Impact Design requirements
• Explore the various plant communities that thrive in these harsh conditions
  

Claudia West, MLA
Ecological Sales Representative
North Creek Nurseries
Landenberg, PAs