Study on Lowcost Revegetation Technical Measures on Ferrum Tailings Bank in Huludao, Northeast China

Abstract

This study focused on the technical measures of revegetation on ferrum tailings bank in Huludao, China. Adopting field test method, a revegetation trial was conducted on the Yangjiazhangzi waste ferrum tailings bank. By composting the urban sludge + river mud + straw inside planting pit to ameliorate tailings matrix, planting perennial herb to establish closed type sand barrier to shelter bush-herbage growth, transplanting nutrition cup bush seedlings and sowing herbage seed on the composting pit to establish bush-herbage clump, these technical measures can solve the major constraints to plant growth and establish survival bush-herbage vegetation at lowcost. The results show that Pit layered composting is the cost-effective measure to improve ferrum tailings planting matrix; Planting perennial herb sand barrier t is a good measure to improve microhabitat; Planting bush-herbage clump is a good pattern to resist the extreme ferrum tailing environment; Hippophae rhamnoides Linn., Caragana Korshinskii Kom., Medicago sativa Linn.and Astragalus adsurgens Pall are good pioneer species for revegetation on the ferrum tailings bank. Experiment proved that the combination of these technical measures can reconstruct vegetation, this revegetation pattern is worthy of reference for similar mine ecological restoration.