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Lecture # 7
Ar. Samrana Qureshi
FEATURES OF
LANDSCAPE
Softscapes
LANDSCAPE FEATURES
Soft Landscaping Elements
Botany
Horticulture
Aesthetics
Value
Growth & Survival
Use of Plants in Design
Ecology
Considered
as ecological
community
Corresponds to a range of
environmental conditions required
for growth and reproduction of
species
Greatest variety of plants exists in
tropics and least in the arctics
Botany
Botanical
nomenclature classifies
plants into families
Plants named in Latin for universal
specification
Latin names useful as common
names vary with location
Horticulture
Useful
Aesthetics Value
Color
Form
Size
Texture
Seasonal
variation
Trees Forms
Weeping
Conical/
Columnar
Pyramidal
Rounded/
Oval
Vase
Spreading
Air Filtration
Absorption of Green house
gases
Carbon Sequestration
Aquifer Recharge
Run off Reduction
Ground Cover
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Flowers