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EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat

Measurement doubt

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Andres Giraldo
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PowerSeal Pipeline Products Corp.
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We have large area of natural landscape with vegetative and adapted vegetation in certain percent of it. Our problem is that we are not sure about the requirements to have a valid area with vegetative/adapted vegetation, for example the maximum possible distance between two plants, or if we have a row of trees, how should we measure that area because we have the length but we are not sure about the width. Thank you for you time.

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Trista Brown
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WSP USA
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Thu, 12/11/2014 - 17:36

Hi Maximiliano, There’s no hard and fast rule about plant distance. I think you'd just want to be sure that the area you’re including as compliant is ecologically appropriate, promotes habitat/biodiversity, and is vegetated with native/adapted plants. There’s a relevant LEED Interpretation about trees and tree canopies that might be useful to check out (LI #2324). I think the area covered by native/adapted trees would be assessed by looking at the canopy as long as there is appropriate vegetation beneath and not hardscape per the LI.

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