In this paper the results of a study of soil hydraulic properties and plant coverage of a landfill located in Piacenza (Po Valley, Italy) are presented, together with the attempt to put the hydraulic properties in relation with plant coverage. The measured soil water retention curve was first compared with the output of some pedotransfer functions taken from the literature and then with the output of the same pedotransfer functions applied to a reference soil. The landfill plant coverage was also studied. The relation between soil hydraulic properties and plant coverage showed that the landfill soils have a low water content available for plants and this fact, together with their lack of depth and compacted structure, justifies the presence of a nitrophilous, disturbed-soil vegetation type, dominated by ephemeral annual species (therophytes).

Cassinari, C., Manfredi, P., Giupponi, L., Trevisan, M., Piccini, C., Relation between hydraulic properties and plant coverage of the closed-landfill soils in Piacenza (Po Valley, Italy), <<SOLID EARTH DISCUSSIONS>>, 2015; (7): 757-795. [doi:10.5194/sed-7-757-2015] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/66421]

Relation between hydraulic properties and plant coverage of the closed-landfill soils in Piacenza (Po Valley, Italy)

Cassinari, Chiara;Giupponi, Luca;Trevisan, Marco;
2015

Abstract

In this paper the results of a study of soil hydraulic properties and plant coverage of a landfill located in Piacenza (Po Valley, Italy) are presented, together with the attempt to put the hydraulic properties in relation with plant coverage. The measured soil water retention curve was first compared with the output of some pedotransfer functions taken from the literature and then with the output of the same pedotransfer functions applied to a reference soil. The landfill plant coverage was also studied. The relation between soil hydraulic properties and plant coverage showed that the landfill soils have a low water content available for plants and this fact, together with their lack of depth and compacted structure, justifies the presence of a nitrophilous, disturbed-soil vegetation type, dominated by ephemeral annual species (therophytes).
2015
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Cassinari, C., Manfredi, P., Giupponi, L., Trevisan, M., Piccini, C., Relation between hydraulic properties and plant coverage of the closed-landfill soils in Piacenza (Po Valley, Italy), <<SOLID EARTH DISCUSSIONS>>, 2015; (7): 757-795. [doi:10.5194/sed-7-757-2015] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/66421]
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