Do plant traits help to design green walls for urban air pollution control? A short review of scientific evidences and knowledge gaps

Combined effects of different leaf traits on foliage dust-retention capacity and stability

(2022) Lishuai Xu et al.   Air Quality Atmosphere and Health

‘Green barriers’ for air pollutant capture: Leaf micromorphology as a mechanism to explain plants capacity to capture particulate matter

(2021) María del Carmen Redondo-Bermúdez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Relationships between air particulate matter capture efficiency and leaf traits in twelve tree species from an Italian urban-industrial environment

(2020) G. Sgrigna et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Heavy metal capture from the suspended particulate matter by Morus alba and evidence of foliar uptake and translocation of PM associated zinc using radiotracer (65Zn)

(2020) Priyanka Sharma et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Individual effects of trichomes and leaf morphology on PM2.5 dry deposition velocity: A variable-control approach using species from the same family or genus

(2020) Xuyi Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Atmospheric net particle accumulation on 96 plant species with contrasting morphological and anatomical leaf characteristics in a common garden experiment

(2019) S. Muhammad et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

An integrated study on air mitigation potential of urban vegetation: From a multi-trait approach to modeling

(2019) R Baraldi et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

An investigation on the leaf accumulation-removal efficiency of atmospheric particulate matter for five urban plant species under different rainfall regimes

(2019) Lu Zhang et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Particulate matter mitigation via plants: Understanding complex relationships with leaf traits

(2019) Zhongyu Chiam et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Airborne particulate matter accumulation on common green wall plants

(2019) Naomi J. Paull et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION

Characterization of epicuticular wax structures on leaves of urban plant species and its association with leaf wettability

(2019) Samira Muhammad et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Quantification of the traffic-generated particulate matter capture by plant species in a living wall and evaluation of the important leaf characteristics

(2018) Udeshika Weerakkody et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Evaluating the impact of individual leaf traits on atmospheric particulate matter accumulation using natural and synthetic leaves

(2018) Udeshika Weerakkody et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Potential of Particle Matter Dry Deposition on Green Roofs and Living Walls Vegetation for Mitigating Urban Atmospheric Pollution in Semiarid Climates

(2018) Margareth Viecco et al.   Sustainability

Topographical structures in planting design of living walls affect their ability to immobilise traffic-based particulate matter

(2018) Udeshika Weerakkody et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Indoor simulations reveal differences among plant species in capturing particulate matter

(2017) Jungang Chen et al.   PLoS One

Particulate matter pollution capture by leaves of seventeen living wall species with special reference to rail-traffic at a metropolitan station

(2017) Udeshika Weerakkody et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Variation in Tree Species Ability to Capture and Retain Airborne Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)

(2017) Lixin Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Phylloremediation of Air Pollutants: Exploiting the Potential of Plant Leaves and Leaf-Associated Microbes

(2017) Xiangying Wei et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Particulate matter deposition on roadside plants and the importance of leaf trait combinations

(2016) Ryan J. Leonard et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Particulate matter deposited on leaf of five evergreen species in Beijing, China: Source identification and size distribution

(2015) Yingshi Song et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

The Role of Plant–Microbe Interactions and Their Exploitation for Phytoremediation of Air Pollutants

(2015) Nele Weyens et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Assessing the Capacity of Plant Species to Accumulate Particulate Matter in Beijing, China

(2015) Li Mo et al.   PLoS One

Herbaceous plants as filters: Immobilization of particulates along urban street corridors

(2014) Frauke Weber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Lifecycle assessment of living walls: air purification and energy performance

(2014) Haibo Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

On the air cleansing efficiency of an extended green wall: A CFD analysis of mechanistic details of transport processes

(2014) Saumitra V. Joshi et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Effects of species-specific leaf characteristics and reduced water availability on fine particle capture efficiency of trees

(2013) Janne V. Räsänen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Assessing atmospheric particulate matter distribution based on Saturation Isothermal Remanent Magnetization of herbaceous and tree leaves in a tropical urban environment

(2013) Yao Sadaiou Sabas Barima et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Seasonal variations in leaf capturing of particulate matter, surface wettability and micromorphology in urban tree species

(2013) Huixia Wang et al.   Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

Urban particulate pollution reduction by four species of green roof vegetation in a UK city

(2012) A.F. Speak et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Improving local air quality in cities: To tree or not to tree?

(2012) Peter E.J. Vos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plant species differences in particulate matter accumulation on leaf surfaces

(2012) A. Sæbø et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plant canopies: bio-monitor and trap for re-suspended dust particulates contaminated with heavy metals

(2012) S. S. Ram et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Deposition of Particulate Matter of Different Size Fractions on Leaf Surfaces and in Waxes of Urban Forest Species

(2011) Kajetan Dzierżanowski et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION

Rates of particulate pollution deposition onto leaf surfaces: Temporal and inter-species magnetic analyses

(2010) R. Mitchell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Dust particulate absorption by ivy (Hedera helix L) on historic walls in urban environments

(2010) Troy Sternberg et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Quantifying the deposition of particulate matter on climber vegetation on living walls

(2009) Marc Ottelé et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

(2008) M. Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Temperature decreases in an urban canyon due to green walls and green roofs in diverse climates

(2007) Eleftheria Alexandri et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT