Meet the Latest ‘Super Plant’ to Fight Air Pollution
Planting greenery is often touted as one solution to the threat of air pollution, but which species are actually the most effective against this major public health hazard?
Researchers at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the UK set out to answer that exact question and in the process revealed a new "super plant" — Franchet's cotoneaster, or Cotoneaster franchetii.
"We estimate the Cotoneaster franchetii traps 20% more emissions than other hedges we have tested so would be ideal along busy roads in pollution hot spots," RHS principal horticultural scientist and study lead author Dr. Tijana Blanusa said in a press release.
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