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
The highly alkaline soil there requires more fertilizer.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2013
Water lily-shaped blooms are deep purple in acid soil and pink in alkaline soil.
From Southern Living ● May 1, 2012
The desert of Arizona, through which we were speeding, had the same pale and tawny look of dry, rocky, and alkaline soil; but nature is never idle anywhere.
From A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by J. Harris (John Harris) Knowles
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