Biodiversity
Key Findings
Survey work revealed the new park has enhanced biodiversity. Tree species diversity increased, together with increases in herbaeceous plants, grasses and native wildflowers. The number of ground-level species increased from 24 to 80.
Downloadable Datasets for Manchester’s West Gorton GrowGreen project
Find out more about the West Gorton ‘Sponge’ Park GrowGreen project
For more information on GrowGreen results please contact James Rothwell at The University of Manchester James.Rothwell@manchester.ac.uk