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Research article
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22 Sep 2020
Research article |
| 22 Sep 2020
| 22 Sep 2020
Rainfall interception and redistribution by a common North American understory and pasture forb, Eupatorium capillifolium (Lam. dogfennel)
D. Alex R. Gordon
Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro,
GA, USA
Applied Coastal Research Lab, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA, USA
Miriam Coenders-Gerrits
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Delft University of Technology, Water Resources Section, Delft, the Netherlands
Brent A. Sellers
Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Range Cattle Research and Education Center, University of Florida,
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL, USA
S. M. Moein Sadeghi
Department of Forestry and Forest Economics, University of Tehran,
Karaj, Iran
John T. Van Stan II
Applied Coastal Research Lab, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA, USA
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Short summary
Where plants exist, rain must pass through canopies to reach soils. We studied how rain interacts with dogfennel – a highly problematic weed that is abundant in pastures, grasslands, rangelands, urban forests and along highways. Dogfennels evaporated large portions (approx. one-fifth) of rain and drained significant (at times > 25 %) rain (and dew) down their stems to their roots (via stemflow). This may explain how dogfennel survives and even invades managed landscapes during extended droughts.
Where plants exist, rain must pass through canopies to reach soils. We studied how rain...
