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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (1): 55-62.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2024.00100

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Review on the ecological benefits of sandy medicinal plants in arid areas

Dengke Ma1(), Zhibin He1(), Wenzhi Zhao1, Jun Du1, Weihao Sun1,2, Shuai Wang1,2, Rui Li1, Bing Liu1   

  1. 1.Linze Inland River Basin Research Station,Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China
    2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • Received:2024-06-20 Revised:2024-07-26 Online:2025-01-20 Published:2025-01-13
  • Contact: Zhibin He

Abstract:

Sandy medicinal plants are plant groups with both economic and ecological benefits,and they are widely distributed in the sandy habitats of the arid regions of northwestern China.Comprehensive understanding and utilization of the ecological functions of sandy medicinal plants are of great significance to regional ecological construction and conservation of medicinal resources.Taking the main sandy medicinal plants in arid region as an example,this paper analysed the ecological benefits and mechanisms of sandy medicinal plants in arid areas from the aspects of windbreak and sand fixation,soil fertility enhancement,saline and alkaline land management and species diversity improvement,with a view to providing theoretical basis and reference for their application in the ecological management in arid sandy areas.

Key words: medicinal plants, ecological function, sandy habitats, arid region, ecological management

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