Salix Koraiensis Planting And Desertification Control
Jul 03, 2023
Qing Dynasty poet Xiao Xiong described in his "Miscellaneous Poems of the Western Regions" that it is no more than three feet tall, with a circumference of four or five inches for the larger ones. Its leaves are thin and like cypress, with a color resembling blue and green. It has pink and red flowers, like chestnuts and tassels, resembling purple myrtle, with a sweet and fragrant fragrance. It is the most beautiful among the trees. The skin color is red and smooth, with a smooth and smooth texture that reveals cloud patterns. At each branch, the flowers are like human faces, with clear ears and eyes. Strong in nature, used as a whip by people from the Western Regions.

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The poet said that it is a rare plant unique to the northwest - the desert red willow. According to historical records, the ancestral home of the red willow is as far away as Africa, and it is not surprising that the tree is over a hundred years old. Xinjiang's red willow has the highest variety, wide distribution, and large area in the country. Red willow is extremely tolerant to salt and alkali and is one of the few plants that can survive in the desert.

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The posture of the red willow is graceful and graceful, with a resolute personality like pine and cypress; The sand is one inch tall, it is one foot tall; The sand is one foot tall, it is one foot tall, and we will never compromise or retreat. Widely planted in desert areas, red willows have high economic value. In the early years, in the northwest region of China, farmers used slender red willow branches to weave baskets, funnels, sieves, and other devices for use; Using slender red willow branches to weave mats and kang mats for building houses; Red willow leaves are excellent animal feed, containing crude fiber and protein. After consumption, livestock can tolerate hunger and accumulate fat; The tender branches, leaves, and flowers in spring can treat rheumatism and have high medicinal value. Red willows take root and grow rapidly in harsh natural environments, whether it is in the Gobi, desert, sandy soil, saline-alkali, riverbanks, or mountainsides, all have their footprints. When Qing Dynasty scholar Ji Xiaolan was exiled to Xinjiang, he wrote a poem praising the red willows: "Relying on the red willows to fill the beach with sand/How could the color ever be like the crimson glow? The poet Shi Buhua describes the red willow: the Xiao Xiao welcomes the horse, the white poplar tree, and the proud red willow flower. The local people said, 'Where you see the red willows, the desert is almost at its end, approaching an oasis.'.

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Only when the red willows become forests can they have the power to prevent and control sandstorms, and when crowds gather can they compete with nature. Through decades of effort, cadres and people in the Xinjiang region have planted millions of acres of red willows on the vast desert edge. After scientific management, the oasis area of Qira County has increased by a quarter, the desert has retreated by 7 kilometers, the barren land has become greener and greener, and the original places that could not be cultivated have become fertile land.

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In recent years, through the implementation of key forestry Ecological engineering, desertification grassland management, and comprehensive management of small watersheds for water and soil conservation, Xinjiang has managed more than 6.9 million mu of desertified land annually. It initially built a "three-dimensional green barrier" with a farmland forest network inside the oasis, a large windbreak and sand fixation forest belt outside the oasis, a natural desert forest, and mountain Ancient woodland as the main body, realizing a virtuous cycle of ecological and economic benefits. In a word, with the large-scale planting of red willow, Desertification control in China is just around the corner.

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