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MAQUIS is the new instant living system by POLIFLOR for the creation of extensive green roofs. It was designed to satisfy the demand of a light, thin system with low maintenance needs, which, at the same time, offers a more variegate flower composition than different species of Sedum.
It is constituted by a flat lawn (dimensions: 50 x 30 cm, thickness only 2-3 cm) where is rooted a shrub - like Abelia, Teucrium, Citrus, etc. – which grows in only 5 cm and needs just a supporting drip line for the irrigation. Once installed, lawns are loaded with ballast, that is 3 cm. coloured granules (Ø 20-25); any bare space can be covered with Sedum spp.

Advantages
The advantages of using MAQUIS system are:

• THE POSSIBILITY TO ENRICH THE FLOWER COMPOSITION OF THE EXTENSIVE SYSTEM INSERTING SHRUBS AND WOOD SPECIES WHICH WEIGH LESS THAN 100 kg/m²
• AMAZINGLY EASY AND QUICK TO INSTALL
• THE USE OF SPECIES WITH LOW MAINTANENCE AND MINIMUM WATER NEEDS
• HE POSSIBILITY TO USE IT ON ANY GREEN ROOF STRATIGRAPHY
• LOW COSTS

The MAQUIS system comprises, besides the flat lawn, other layers necessary to create a Green Roof System:

• A mechanical protection element for anti-root sheaths
• A Draining layer
• A filtration layer that divides the cultivation substrate from the draining layer
• A cultivation substrate (5 cm)
• The MAQUIS System
• The drip irrigation system
• Gravel for covering and ballast (3 cm)

Technical features and materials

GRANULES
Calcareous stone granules of different colours and granulometry, especially developed to optimize the rooting of cuttings, the load with ballast and the microclimatic compensation of the MAQUISTM System plants. Broken material coming from quarries with a dust content lower than 1%. Material without organic substance, with a calcium carbonate content higher than 90%, specific weigh about 1,5 kg/l and low silicate content.
VULCAFLOR
	CHEMICAL MEDIUM ANALYSIS  SiO2 56% Na2O 0.8% Al2O3 16.5% TiO2 3.1% K2O 4.9% MgO 1.2% Fe2O3 6.5% pH 6.5 - 7.4 CaO 8.8% P.F. 2.3% C.S.C. 30 meq/ 100g Organic subs.Organica 15% APPARENT DENSITY material at quarry humidity saturated material 950 - 1050 Kg/m³  1300 Kg/m³