Relationships between soil moisture content and root morphology of three herbs on alpine scoria desert of Mt. Fuji.

• Main Authors: G.M. Anisuzzaman, Takashi Nakano, Takehiro Masuzawa
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Environmental Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shizuoka University 2002
• Subjects: soil moisture content; scoria; fine root; leaf area; Mt. Fuji; Second Crater; Polar bioscience
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=6188; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00006188/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=6188&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Artemisia pedunculosa, Polygonum cuspidatum and P. weyrichii are codominant species on the Hoei second crater of Mt. Fuji. The aim of this study is to describe root systems and the relationship between soil moisture and root morphology of these species. Most of the root distribution of A. pedunculos...