Abstract:
It was studied on the effect of
Vitex trifolia L. to block and fix sand, to improve physical and chemical nature and micro-climate in the sand land of southern China. The results show that the annual sand land erosion modulus in average is 24757 t/(km
2·a) under vegetative cover of 10%-20% and 2 920 t/(km
2·a) under vegetative cover of 40%; compared to uncovered sandy land, on land covered by
Vitex trifolia L. of 5-year growth soil organic matter is increased by 580%,total N by 100%, total K by 28.6%, rapidly available K by 67.0%, the amount of fine sand less than 0.25 mm is increased by 98.7%, the maximum temperature could be lowered by 10 - 12℃, and air humidity is increased by 1.2%, being propitious to the recovery of vegetation.