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| |colspan="2" style="text-align: right;|Digested fiber || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 10% | | |colspan="2" style="text-align: right;|Digested fiber || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 10% |
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| + | !colspan="3" style="background:cyan; color:black"| Table 1: Recommended green roof growing medium parameter ranges| |
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| + | | Parameter || Extensive green roofs || Intensive green roofs |
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| + | | pH || 6.5 to 7.8 || 6.5 to 7.8 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Nitrate-N (mg/L) || 1 to 4 || 2 to 32 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Ammonium-N (mg/L) || 0.1 to 0.8 || 0.1 to 0.8 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Nitrogen (total) (mg/L) || 2 to 8 || 2 to 32 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Phosphorus (total) (mg/L) || 2 to 10 || 2 to 15 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Potassium (mg/L) || 8 to 32 || 8 to 64 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Calcium (mg/L) || 100 to 300 || 100 to 300 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Magnesium || 10 to 80 || 10 to 80 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Iron (mg/L) || 8 to 32 || 8 to 32 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Manganese || 1 to 8 || 1 to 8 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Boron (mg/L) || 0.04 to 0.6 || 0.04 to 0.6 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Sodium (mg/L) || <20 || <20 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Zinc (mg/L) || 1 to 10 || 1 to 10 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Soluble salts (mmhos/cm) || 0.4 to 1.2 || 0.4 to 1.2 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Sodium Absorption Ratio (SAR) || <2 || <2 |
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| + | ! !! !! !! !! Table 2: !! Example green roof media specifications !! !! !! |
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| + | | Parameter || || || || Specification |
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| + | | Noncapillary pore space at field capacity || || || || 155 (vol.) |
| + | |- |
| + | | Moisture content at field capacity || || || || 12% (vol.) |
| + | |- |
| + | | Maximum media water retention || || || || 30% (vol) |
| + | |- |
| + | | Alkalinity, CaCo3 equivalents || || || || 2.50% |
| + | |- |
| + | | Total organic matter by wet combustion || || || || 3-15% (dry wt.) |
| + | |- |
| + | | pH || || || || 6.5-8.0 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Soluble Salts || || || || 6 mmhos/cm |
| + | |- |
| + | | Cation exchange capacity || || || || 10 meq/100g |
| + | |- |
| + | | Saturated hydraulic conductivity for single media assemblles || || || || 0.05 in/min |
| + | |- |
| + | | Clay fraction (2 micron) || || || || 0 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Pct. Passing US#200 sieve (i.e., silt fraction) || || || || 5% |
| + | |- |
| + | | Pct. Passing US#60 sieve || || || || 10% |
| + | |- |
| + | | Pct. Passing US#18 sieve || || || || 5%-50% |
| + | |- |
| + | | Pct. Passing 1/8 inch sieve || || || || 20%-70% |
| + | |- |
| + | | Pct. Passing 3/8 inch sieve || || || || 75%-100% |
| |} | | |} |