Strip clay application accelerates for 15–20 years the vegetation formation in ash dump (Middle Urals, Russia)

• Published in: BIO Web of Conferences
• Main Authors: Lukina, N., Chibrik, T., Filimonova, E., Glazyrina, M., Rakov, E., Veselkin, D.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2022
• Subjects: taiga
• Online Access: http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/131391; https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2021/03/bioconf_pibidr2021_00016.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20213100016

As a result of a generalization of 45-year monitoring observations at on the ash dump of the Verkhniy Tagil Power Station, the absolute time scale was made, stabilization rates during succession of different plant communities characteristics were assessed in two areas: recultivated and non-recultivated. Recultivation consisted of clay strips applying (5–8 m wide, 10–15 cm thick) on ash surface. All characteristics of plant communities (total projective cover by plants, total number of species in plant community) are formed 15–20 years faster in recultivated area. So, a simple technical recultivation, (clay strips applying), significantly accelerates the formation of plant communities main characteristics on ash surface in subzone of the southern taiga in Middle Urals. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. Russian Foundation for Basic Research, РФФИ, (18-04-00714, 20-44-660011) Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Minobrnauka Ural Federal University, UrFU, (FEUZ-2020-0057) The work was carried out with financial support of Ministry of Science and Higher education of the Russian Federation as part of state task of the Ural Federal University FEUZ-2020-0057 RFBR grant № 18-04-00714 RFBR – Government of the Sverdlovsk region, grant № 20-44-660011.