Stormwater green infrastructure #3

This long and biologically diverse stormwater catchment system west of the Lassonde Business Building. It consists of multiple gravel-lined catchments, where care has been made to create a complex riparian zone. The upper part of this catchment is dominated by trees and shrubs, while the lower segments are planted with grasses, sedges, and cattails.

Trees and shrubs have been planted at the upper end of this long catchment

Cattail (Typha latifolia)

Boxelder (Acer negundo)

Cattails and grasses

Grasses and herbaceous plants have been planted in the lower stretches