Taking the higher moisture abandoned valley land in the Loess Plateau, Northern Shaanxi, as tested object, the vegetation succession, soil physicochemical changes and soil enzyme activity were studied in the abandoned 2 years, 4 years, 6 years valley land. The results showed that the water content in soil reached more than 8%, the rule of vegetation succession was from low level to high level development.Agropyron mongolicum, Salsola collina were dominant species in heliad small herbaceous community, Tamarix chinensis, Acorus calamus, Phragmites were the dominant species in wetland herbs and shrubs mixed with large fall. The physical structure of the shallow soil layer after abandonment showed a dowoward trend first and then gradually upward trend. There were no changes with time in the deep soil physical structure. Shallow soil organic matter, available nutrients such as N also showed a decline first, gradually increased trend. The content of AKP, Sucrase in the abandoned 6 years land increased by 424.7%, 141.7% compared with the cultivated land.In the way of natural restoration without manual intervention for the condition of higher soil moisture abandoned valley land in the Loess Plateau, the vegetation ecosystem would evolve from low-grade to high-grade, the soil structure, enzyme activity were beneficial to the direction of development.
LI Xiaowei, BU Yaojun.
The vegetation succession and soil properties of abandoned valley land in the Loess Plateau. Journal of Shaanxi Normal University(Natural Science Edition). 2018, 46(4): 83-90