Claim · model-written summary
Herbaceous and shrubby restoration lands provided 65-70% soil coverage.
- Taxon
- Calligonum aphyllum
Calligonum aphyllume0 - Outcome
- projective soil coveragee0
- Value
- 65-70%e0
Not reportedSetting
Verbatim
e0“Herbaceous and shrubby lands, with pasture-protective belts and reclamation and forage plantations, including drought-resistant species of shrub Calligonum aphyllum and semi-shrub Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, provide a projective soil coverage of 65-70% with an increase in phytomass, depending on the species composition, from 13.8 to 33.6 c/ha”
Title
Ludmila P. Rybashlykova Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture 2025. doi:10.12731/2658-6649-2025-17-3-1222
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Method / resource Sand areas were mapped across eastern Kalmykia, with a smaller area in Lagansky district.
- Observation Heavily beaten pastures in the eastern zone of Kalmykia were classified as highly degraded.
- Observation The restoration lands increased phytomass by 13.8 to 33.6 c/ha depending on species composition.
- Recommendation The authors propose grasses and shrubs for phytomelioration of open sands and depleted land.
