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Green roofs can be specifically designed to mimic endangered ecosystems/habitats, including the prairie grasslands of the midwest US, the rocky alvars of Manitoulin Island and the Great Lakes Region in Canada.
Green roofs 2008
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Conserve the rare species of the limestone grasslands (alvars) of northern Lake Huron.
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The Tamil Vaishnavas, too, had their saints, 12 alvars, who also expressed emotional religion and whose works were collected c.
c. South India 2001
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