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  2. Vegetation and slope stability - Wikipedia

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    Wind throw is the toppling of a tree due to the force of the wind, this exposes the root plate and adjacent soil beneath the tree and influences slope stability. Wind throw is a factor when considering one tree on a slope; however, it is of lesser importance when considering general slope stability for a body of trees as the wind forces involved represent a smaller percentage of the potential ...

  3. Stratification (vegetation) - Wikipedia

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    The vertical stratification of a community is determined largely by the life forms of plants their size , branching and leaves which is influenced by the vertical gradient of light. Vertical classification of vegetation in a forest showing the tree, shrub and herb layers and the forest floor.

  4. Soil stabilization - Wikipedia

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    As far as plants and vegetation are concerned, the accumulation of salts in the soil adversely affects their physiology and morphology by increasing the osmotic pressure of the soil solution, altering the plant’s mineral nutrition, and accumulating specific ions to toxic concentrations in the plants.

  5. Gravitropism - Wikipedia

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    Gravitropism (also known as geotropism) is a coordinated process of differential growth by a plant in response to gravity pulling on it. It also occurs in fungi. Gravity can be either "artificial gravity" [clarification needed] or natural gravity. It is a general feature of all higher and many lower plants as well as other organisms.

  6. Altitudinal zonation - Wikipedia

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    So when trees had been cut or burnt, and thus, are absent from the treeline, it is still in place as defined by the treeline isotherm. [25] At the tree line, tree growth is often sparse, stunted, and deformed by wind and cold krummholz (German for "crooked wood"). [26] The tree line often appears well-defined, but it can be a more gradual ...

  7. Bosco Verticale - Wikipedia

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    The project was named Bosco Verticale, or in English "Vertical Forest", because together the towers have 800 trees, 5,000 shrubs and 1,500 perennial plants, which help mitigate smog and produce oxygen. These tree-packed high-rises help cities built for density, adding more housing and infrastructure, while improving the air quality.

  8. Green wall - Wikipedia

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    Green wall the Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.. A green wall is a vertical built structure intentionally covered by vegetation. [1] Green walls include a vertically applied growth medium such as soil, substitute substrate, or hydroculture felt; as well as an integrated hydration and fertigation delivery system.

  9. Vertical stabiliser - Wikipedia

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    Vertical stabilizer; This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect: From British English: ...