The Environmental Benefits Of The Landscape
      - Our Green Urban Ecosystem

Clean Air

The quality of the air we breathe is fundamental. The trees, shrubs and lawns of our communities constantly work to clean our air of dust and certain chemical compounds. The process works in two ways. Physically, the leaves trap particles from the air, and eventually those particles are washed into the soil. Also, through the process of photosynthesis, plant leaves effectively absorb and cleanse the air of carbon dioxide, and in many plant species, other compounds such as sulfur dioxide. In return, they emit oxygen.

According to the US Forest Service, a healthy ash tree produces 260 pounds of oxygen a year. Lawns and other plants also produce oxygen, just like plants in the rainforest.