ABSTRACT

Astragalus spinous is a native perennial shrubs from Leguminosae family that widely distributed in severely degraded lands at northern Kuwait. A restoration program was applied via levelling and refilling the quarries and rehabilitation of the natural vegetation and wildlife to their original outward appearance before degradation. The existence of Astragalus shrubs indicated that soil after depth 40 cm was very hard and compacted. Therefore, A. spinosus is considered as one of the efficient native plants in the rehabilitation process for highly degraded lands affected by soil compaction and sealing. The A. spinosus formed a maximum volume of nabkha deposits up to 1.12 m³ which makes it one of the effective plants in controlling mobile sand and dust. Every single plant has the capability to save the Kuwait economy by USD 3.6 via trapping mobile sand and saving the infrastructures from sand encroachment as a major challenge.

摘要

黄芪刺是来自豆科的原生多年生灌木，广泛分布在科威特北部严重退化的土地上。通过对采石场进行平整和重新填充以及将自然植被和野生动植物恢复到退化之前的原始外观，应用了恢复程序。黄芪灌木的存在表明，深度40 cm后的土壤非常坚硬和压实。因此，棘刺曲霉被认为是对土壤致密化和密封性影响的高度退化土地的恢复过程中有效的天然植物之一。所述A.刺形成沙堆沉积物向上的最大体积来1.12米³这使其成为控制流动沙尘的有效工厂之一。每个工厂都有能力通过困住移动沙子并节省基础设施免受沙子侵蚀的方式，将科威特经济节省3.6美元，这是一个重大挑战。