Plant and Animal Communities in Urban Green Spaces

By, Frank Fitzgerald, Research Fellow ,Design Center for American Urban Landscape, Design Brief, Number 5/ September 2003 This design brief is part of a series entitled Taking Notice: Green Spaces in Urbanized Settings with a focus on the green spaces of center city and inner suburban communities in the Twin Cities region. Titles in this series are: * The Diversity of Green Spaces * Urban Green Space: Effects on Water and Climate * People and Urban Green Areas: Perception and Use * Plant and Animal Communities in Metropolitan Green Spaces * Mapping Green Spaces in the Center of the Twin Cities Region

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