alkaline soil
Britishnoun
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The intensely alkaline soil of the Carrizo Plain National Monument, a remote grassland east of San Luis Obispo, also deters invasives from prospering, according to Dudney.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024
Once they’re established, they can tolerate drought, alkaline soil and poor fertility.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023
On the Orkney Islands, north of Scotland, Saladino encounters a barley that bends rather than breaks in the area’s harsh winds and thrives in sandy, alkaline soil.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022
Water lily-shaped blooms are deep purple in acid soil and pink in alkaline soil.
From Southern Living • May 1, 2012
Along the water-courses is a narrow belt of cottonwood, and then rise the low table-lands, too high for irrigation, and with a parched, alkaline soil which produces only the wild sage and cactus.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
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