Comparisons of Dust Retention Capacities of Six Common Hedge Plants in Jilin City
The dust retention capacities of 6 hedge plants in different seasons and times in Jilin city were compared. The re-sults showed the dust reduced quantity in different greening tree species with much differences. Spiraea bumalda cv. Gold Mound and Spiraea bumalda cv. Gold Flame had the strongest dust-blocking effect. The dust detaining abilities in different seasons of the same tree species was Summer>Spring. The amount of dust retention of the six tree species increased with time before the foliar dust amount reached the maximum.The contribution of the dust reduce quantity to total dust reduce quantity was the best at the 10th day after raining. It reached the maximum at the 14th day after raining.