The Effects of Soil Surface Moisture Distribution in Perlite on Occurrence of Wild Plants

지표면의 수분분포가 야생초본류의 발생에 미치는 영향

  • Bak, In-Young (Environmental Landscape Architecture, The Graduate School, Catholic University of Taegu Hyosung) ;
  • Kim, Min-Soo (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Catholic University of Taegu Hyosung)
  • 박인영 (대구효성가톨릭대학교 대학원 환경조경전공) ;
  • 김민수 (대구효성가톨릭대학교 조경학과)
  • Received : 2000.11.21
  • Published : 2001.03.31

Abstract

This study was conducted to analyse the relation between physical characteristics of soil surface and wild plants occurrence. Lots of natural occurrence on loamy soil and a little of natural occurrence on perlite. Those were used to observe the wild plants occurrence through the duration. Natural occurrence of wild plants were observed on uniform sand, perlite, loamy soil and 2cms loamy soil layer above the perlite. Uniform sand was compared with different height of drain ditch. The results of analysis were as followed. 1. Wild plants germinated on the uniform perlite layer, they did not grow larger. Because water in large pores of perlite surface drained rapidly and evaporated easily, therefore surface remained low moisture contents. 2. A lot of weed grew on 2cms loamy layer on perlite which stratified above the perlite layer. Because perlite had plenty of soil moisture and soil moisture moved easily from perlite to loamy soil layer. 3. Uniform loamy soil had similar occurrence on the uniform perlite. It was nearly same at surface moisture distribution but lower than layered loamy soil on perlite, and the vertical distributions at soil moisture was totally lower than 2cms loamy soil layer on perlite. 4. Wild plants were grew on uniform sand on different height of drain ditch. In this case, much more wild plants were grew on which had more higher drainage ditch. The number of wild plants occurred when it was affected by soil surface moisture, drain ditch and natural occurrence of wild plants. This could be controlled by layered soil at surface moisture. Therefore weed occurrence can control in planting ground, where soil layer would not be disturbed.

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