JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2023, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (5): 172-180.doi: 10.12302/j.issn.1000-2006.202108028

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Morphological characteristics and influencing mechanisms of Nitraria tangutorum nebkhas at different sandy land types in desert oasis ecotone of Jilantai

WEI Yajuan1,2(), GUO Jing3, DANG Xiaohong2,4,*(), Xie Yunhu1, WANG Ji2, LI Xiaole2, WU Huimin2   

  1. 1. Department of Resource and Environment,Baotou Teachers’ College, Baotou 014030, China
    2. College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China
    3. Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare Earth Steel Plate Co., Ltd.,Baotou 014010, China
    4. Baotou Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Baotou 014010, China
  • Received:2021-08-15 Revised:2022-11-27 Online:2023-09-30 Published:2023-10-10

Abstract:

【Objective】 Nitraria tangutorum nebkhas are the first ecological line of defense in the desert-oasis ecotone of Jilantai. The formation and evolution of these nebkhas are important for oasis wind prevention and sand fixation. 【Method】In this study, the morphological and growth characteristics of N. tangutorum nebkhas in different sand types (shifting sandy land, semi-fixed sandy land and fixed sandy land) were systematically determined using typical quadrat sampling methods. 【Result】The morphology of N. tangutorum nebkhas was mainly elliptical. The length (L), width (W), height (h), horizontal scale (D), bottom area (A) and volume (V) of N. tangutorum nebkhas were significantly higher in semi-fixed and fixed sandy lands than in shifting sandy land (P<0.05). For the morphological parameters of N. tangutorum nebkhas, there was a highly significant linear relationship between L and W in the three sandy lands. However, quadratic functional relationships were observed between D and H, A and H, V and H, and A and V in N. tangutorum. Vegetation coverage (C), shrub height (h), and branch density (M) of N. tangutorum nebkhas in semi-fixed and fixed sandy lands were significantly higher than those in shifting sandy lands (P<0.05). Compared to shifting sandy lands, C of N. tangutorum nebkhas in semi-fixed and fixed sandy lands increased by 62.35% and 51.08% (P<0.05), shrub height (h) increased by 35.84% and 38.51% (P<0.05), and M increased by 61.58% and 72.77% (P<0.05), respectively. 【Conclusion】The sand fixation capacity of N. tangutorum nebkhas was higher with the fixation of sandy lands. N. tangutorum shrubs grew well and the regeneration ability increased gradually with the fixation of sandy lands.

Key words: Nitraria tangutorum nebkha, morphological characteristics, growth characteristics, desert-oasis ecotone, Jilantai

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