Life at the Top: Extensive Green Roof Plant Species and Their Traits for Urban Use.

ABSTRACT: Green roofs are becoming common in cities around the world. Rooftop vegetation faces severe and unique conditions ranging from shallow substrates, high irradiance, water limitation, flooding, extreme temperatures, and strong winds. To benefit the most from this technology for improving urban climate, ecological interactions, and human life quality, it is important to have a toolbox of candidate plant species adapted to the rooftop environment. Herein, an effort was made to provide an overview of the global scenario of green roof plants. A quantitative and qualitative review examining 439 articles published within an approximate 14-year time window (2009 to mid-2023) was conducted to categorize plants amenable to use in green roof conditions, and to identify and discuss their key morphophys

SUBMITTER: Todeschini CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11902263 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature