Date
Inquiry

This credit is awarded for the installation of trees, shrubs or groundcover. If a project installs prairie grass, is this considered a groundcover for the purposes of this credit?

Ruling

Prairie grass may be treated as groundcover for this credit if it is native to the area (i.e., on a list of locally or regionally native species).
Updated 10/1/13 for rating system applicability.

Internationally Applicable
On
Campus Applicable
Off