Relationship between hydraulic properties and plant coverage of the closed-landfill soils in Piacenza (Po Valley, Italy)

Cassinari, C.; Manfredi, P.; Giupponi, L.; Trevisan, M.; Piccini, C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-929-2015

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-929-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-929-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

Research article

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28 Jul 2015

Research article |

| 28 Jul 2015

Relationship between hydraulic properties and plant coverage of the closed-landfill soils in Piacenza (Po Valley, Italy)

C. Cassinari, P. Manfredi, L. Giupponi, M. Trevisan, and C. Piccini

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Final revised paper (published on 28 Jul 2015)
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RC C154: 'Paper showing major flaws', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Mar 2015
- AC C173: 'reply to Referee#1', Chiara Cassinari, 09 Mar 2015
RC C724: 'Review of Cassinari et al: Relation between hydraulic properties and pland coverage of the closed-landfill soiils in Piacenza', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jun 2015
- AC C748: 'Author Comment', Chiara Cassinari, 12 Jun 2015

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The amount of water available to plants in a closed landfill soil is analyzed by laboratory analyses, by using pedotransfer functions (PTFs) and by studying plant coverage. The laboratory analyses and PTFs highlighted the soil's inability to hold water. The closed landfill plant coverage consists of annual species (therophytes) typical of disturbed environments. The soil's low-water content, together with other degraded soil characters, justifies the plant coverage.