Year 2014 Results and Trends Analysis from Vegetation Monitoring in 20 Constructed Bioswales along Interstate 294, Touhy Avenue to Lake-Cook Road, Cook County, IL

Taft, John B.; Carroll-Cunningham, Connie; Grant, Hannah L.

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Year 2014 Results and Trends Analysis from Vegetation Monitoring in 20 Constructed Bioswales along Interstate 294, Touhy Avenue to Lake-Cook Road, Cook County, IL

Author(s)

• Taft, John B.
• Carroll-Cunningham, Connie
• Grant, Hannah L.

Issue Date

2015-01-16

Keyword(s)

• vegetation monitoring
• bioswales
• Interstate highways
• Cook County
• IL
• Illinois Tollway Authority

Abstract

This report documents the vegetation parameters relevant to the performance standards in bioswales from sample data collected in June and September 2014. Species composition, diversity (based on species richness and species density), percent cover, and floristic quality from 2014 sample data are described and compared to previous sample data.

Publisher

Illinois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

Technical Report INHS 2015 (01)

Type of Resource

text

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Illinois Tollway Authority

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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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