Whether you’re decorating your home or your office with indoor plants, they’ll filter the air of pollutants and leave it cleaner and fresher. Still, some do a better job than others.
In fact, NASA did a study to find out which kinds of plants would do the best job of filtering the air in a space station and the results apply to homes and offices, too. Here are the best house plants for producing oxygen by absorbing carbon dioxide, and for clearing the air of pollutants found in carpets, furniture and stale air:
- English ivy
- Spider plant
- Golden pothos
- Peace lily
- Chinese evergreen
- Bamboo or reed palm
- Snake plant
- Philodendron
- Dracaena
- Weeping fig
- Gerbera daisy
- Chrysanthemum
- Rubber plant
