Green Streets and Habitat for Biodiversity

Green streets incorporate multiple elements with the potential to offer a diverse range of habitats to greatly increase urban Biodiversity. Habitat types include: trees, wetlands and pools and vegetated areas; these can be incorporated into a relatively small area and offer potential habitat to microbes, invertebrates, herpatiles, mammals and birds including some of our rare or protected species. Biodiversity value of a green street increases with the inclusion of wildflowers and materials of local provenance and incorporation of diverse microhabitats. Due to the linear connected nature of green streets they offer potential to facilitate movement of species within the green street itself and even across landscapes when incorporated into a network with other green streets or green infrastructure.