Table 2.

Summary of existing studies on the effects of plants on SHCF

Plant speciesSoil typeDry density: Mg/m3Observed plant effectsReference
Vetiver grass (Chrysopgon zizanioides)Low-plasticity silt (ML)1·31Root induced changes in SHCF are mainly within low matric suction range (less than 10 kPa)Jotisankasa & Sirirattanachat (2017) 
Bermuda grass (Cynadon dactylon); Vetiver grass (Chrysopgon zizanioides)Lean clay (CL)1·38Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of soil vegetated with either Bermuda or vetiver grass is higher than that of bare soil at any given suctionSong et al. (2017) 

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