The system needed to be overhauled so that entire neighborhoods could be certified, not just buildings. Thatâs why NRDC teamed up with the Congress for the New Urbanism and the U.S. Green Building Council to launch LEED for Neighborhood Development, or LEED-ND, in 2010.
Young newly sprouted plants are called seedlings. They are what  grows directly after germination takes place. These plants then  grow into the adult plants.
Growth coming from the tree's roots is commonly considered a sucker, or root sprout. Many types of trees produce root sprouts -- some more aggressively than others. If the tree is growing on its own roots, you can actually plant the root sprout and grow a new tree, just like the parent tree. If it's a grafted tree, the sucker's parent is the rootstock, which is undesirable and should be cut off and discarded. Pull out as many. Tags : Get Rid Tree Sprouts From Tree Roots.