Develop a Soil Quality Index to Study the Results of Black Locust on Soil Quality below Different Allocation Patterns

Shi, Zeyu; Bai, Zhongke; Guo, Donggang; Chen, Meijing

doi:10.3390/land10080785

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“…Due to rapid growth and the ability to fix nitrogen, R. pseudoacacia is a popular plant used in vegetation restoration in degraded areas [25,26]. It has been proven that R. pseudoacacia is important for the development of a better ecological surrounding [27]. Additionally, the plant litter of black locusts positively influences soil cover formation, as it enriches poor ecosystems of degraded areas in necessary micro and macro elements [12,18].…”

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The Properties of Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. to Selectively Accumulate Chemical Elements from Soils of Ecologically Transformed Areas

Środek

Rahmonov

2021

Forests

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The black locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. is a common species that originated from North America. In Europe, it is an invasive and introduced plant. Due to its low habitat requirements and ecological plasticity, this species colonizes new anthropogenically transformed areas quickly. This study investigated the chemical composition of selected tissues of Robinia pseudoacacia L. in five various habitats with different levels of anthropopression conditions in southern Poland. The presented research aimed to compare the chemical composition of black locust parts tissues (leaves, branches, and seeds) and the soil under its canopy. To determine the heavy metal contamination and enrichment in soil, the geoaccumulation index, enrichment factor, contamination factor, pollution load index, and potential ecological risk index were calculated. The results showed that all examined soils are considerably or very highly contaminated and the main heavy metals, which pollute the studied samples, are cadmium (1.3–3.91 ppm), lead (78.17–157.99 ppm), and zinc (129.77–543.97 ppm). Conducted research indicates that R. pseudoacacia leaves are the primary carrier of potentially toxic elements. Due to low bioaccumulation factor (BAF) values, it is clear that black locusts do not accumulate contaminants in such amounts that it would pose risk to its use in degraded area reclamation. The obtained results showed that R. pseudoacacia is able to grow in a wide range of habitats and could be applied for greening urban habitats and disturbed ecosystems caused by industry.

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The Properties of Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. to Selectively Accumulate Chemical Elements from Soils of Ecologically Transformed Areas

Środek

Rahmonov

2021

Forests

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“…The obtained soil samples are dried in an oven at 105 • C for 48 h before testing, and then stones larger than 2 mm were removed from the dried soil (using a 2 mm sieve). The soil indicators tested in this study included pH, soil organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (TN), available phosphorus (AP), and available potassium (AK) (Shi et al, 2021). The 48 soil sampling data from the two sample plots were interpolated separately, and five soil factors from the 48 points were interpolated into each 10 m × 10 m small sample square using the kriging method, with soil sampling values for each 10 m × 10 m small sample square.…”

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Synergistic effects aided the growth of black locust in reclaimed areas of semi-arid open-pit coal mines

Shi

Bai²,

Guo³

et al. 2023

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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The mining of mineral resources has caused serious damage to the ecosystems of mining areas, resulting in the degradation of large areas of vegetation. In the Loess Plateau in particular, the ecological environment is fragile, and soil erosion is serious. It is urgent to restore vegetation and to improve the quality of the damaged environment. In the process of restoring the vegetation in the Pingshuo opencast mining area, this paper investigates the growth rates of species and the factors that affect these rates. The results showed that the maximum growth rate of Robinia pseudoacacia was 0.25 m/year in Mingled stand and 0.23 m/year in pure stand. The growth rate of R. pseudoacacia in Mingled stand was higher than that in pure stand, and the diversity indicators in the Mingled stand plots were higher than those in the pure stand plots. The stepwise regression analysis of the species diversity index, soil, and climate with the growth rate of the two plots showed that Margalef’s richness index had a significant effect on the growth rate of R. pseudoacacia in Mingled stands. This indicates that the R. pseudoacacia in our study area grows faster in mingled stand and that the Ulmus pumila and Ailanthus altissima that belong to the broad-leaved forest will grow together with R. pseudoacacia. The configuration pattern of broad-leaved pure stand is more singular than that of broad-leaved mingled stand, so the pure stand is not more suitable for vegetation restoration in the mining area.

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“…Occasionally, alien plants are characterized by positive effects. For exemple, in mining areas, the presence of Robinia pseudoacacia (Figure 3) species showed the potential to improve soil quality (Shi et al, 2021).…”

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Impact of Invasive Plant Species on Ecosystems, Biodiversity Loss and Their Potential Industrial Applications

Cocîrlea¹,

Oancea²

2022

CTNS

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Invasive plant species may cause not only several health problems, but also economic and environmental negative impacts – a gradual decrease of biodiversity and decline of soil fertility, issues that have recently come into the attention of several organizations including the research ones, in order to limit the spread of such species. The control methods of invasive species are often effective on the short term and include the probability of ecosystem imbalance over time, so that an efficient and sustainable management method that could add value to products or improve some industrial processes are strongly required. This study describes the potential of alien plants to maintain the quality of human life through different types of valorization, such as pharmaceutical, agriculture or food industry applications, energy production, paper technology and natural dyeing of various materials. Invasive plant species represent a global problem, accelerated by the current level of pollution and the rapidly-evolving society. Knowledge of chemical composition of different plant parts of invasive species, their potential for developing new products and their health effects will contribute to an efficient control, mechanical, chemical or biological, and an integrated management.

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Develop a Soil Quality Index to Study the Results of Black Locust on Soil Quality below Different Allocation Patterns

Cited by 11 publications

References 74 publications

The Properties of Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. to Selectively Accumulate Chemical Elements from Soils of Ecologically Transformed Areas

The Properties of Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. to Selectively Accumulate Chemical Elements from Soils of Ecologically Transformed Areas

Synergistic effects aided the growth of black locust in reclaimed areas of semi-arid open-pit coal mines

Impact of Invasive Plant Species on Ecosystems, Biodiversity Loss and Their Potential Industrial Applications

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