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Without enough nitrogen, and minerals such as phosphorus and potassium, plants cannot create the molecules they need to grow and function. Soils without these elements (and others) have to be fertilized to grow crops. Growing certain crops can also restore at least some of the nitrogen.
Some plants have adapted to nutrient-poor soils, such as the Venus flytrap, which gets organic material from insects it traps.
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In what ways have savanna vegetation adapted to fire?
Because the soils are generally nutrient poor
What is the soil like in temperate forest and grassland?
nutrient poor soils
What type of soil has low permeability and poor crop-growing potential and high nutrient-holding capacity?
Clay soils.
What soils found in found in the tropical evergreen forests?
Soil is nutrient-poor and acidic. Decomposition is rapid and soils are subject to heavy leaching.
Grassland soil type?
deep soils and nutrient rich
What does nutrient-poor soil mean?
It means that the soil lacks good nutrients
Why are soils thin and poor in hot wet climates?
Soils are thin and poor in hot wet climates because of the erosion of the loose surface soils.
Different types of crops?
i can list only 7 types of soils * clay soil * sandy soil * soil erosion * loamy soil * peaty soil * chalky soil
Why do some plants feeds on plant?
The pitcher plants, flycatchers, sundews, etc, are plants that tend to grow in nutrient poor soils. By feeding on insects the plants get all the nutrients they need for growth.
Why do clay and organic soils hold nutrient better then sandy soils?
Clay and organic soils hold nutrients better then sandy soils because the sandy soils as the water drains away, the water will carry the nutrients with it. This is called leaching and the nutrients will not be available for the plants to use.
Which biome has very poor soils?
Tropical rainforest
The soils of the Appalachian Plateau in Pennsylvania are mostly dense soils with poor drainage therefor the soils in this region initially formed due to what?
glacial deposits.
