Good evening everyone, I had some doubts determining the species factor while filling out the credit form. The landscaped areas in our proyect includes turf grass mixed with trees. In addition, the trees have low watering needs while the turfgrass' species factor is high. Which vegetation type is more suitable in relation to it's water consumption for this situation? In cases of mixed vegetation (shrubs, trees and groundcover) with different water consumption needs, is it posible to adjust the Ks value or do I have to consider the highest? Thanks in advance!

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Alexia Anastassiadis

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Mon, 07/27/2015 - 21:10

Hi Johanna,I would use the Mixed Vegetation category with the high Ks value, since I figure the whole area under the tree is turf. I had a project where half of the area under the tree was turf and the other half was a gravel path, so we declared half as Mixed Vegetation with a high Ks value and the other half with just the Ks value corresponding to the tree (and that was quite some work!). Hope I helped!

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