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Trees and Clean Air

Friday, April 26, 2002


name         Karen M.
status       other
age          30s

Question -   Do certain types of trees clean the environment (remove
gases) better than others?
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The following related to selecting trees for urban environments might be
helpful:

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/nursery/430-022/430-022.html
http://www.co.ba.md.us/p.cfm/agencies/deprm/ep_education/ep_treespec.cfm
http://www.snellville.org/plandev/pdfs/zoning/ARTICLE%2021%20TREE%20LIST.pdf

Sincerely,

Anthony R. Brach
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