Research Article
Effects of Land Use Types on Selected Soil Properties in Central Highlands of Ethiopia
Table 1
Mean of biophysical conditions of the sampling plots.
| | Land use types | Moisture content (%) | Soil temp. (°C) | Slope degree (°) | Stone cover (cm) | Ground cover (count) | Crown cover % | Plant type | Planting characteristics | | Weed | Stubble | Organic residues |
| | Cultivated land | 9.6 | 26.7 | 9.0 | 5.6 | 75.5 | 301.25 | 4.8 | — | Wheat (Triticum vulgare), | Hand sown seeds and 3 months | | Grassland | 16.2 | 24.9 | 10.5 | — | 32.8 | — | 14.2 | — | Chomo grass (Brachiaria humidicola) | Naturally grown and never tilled | | Eucalyptus | 14.1 | 25.5 | 9.5 | 14.7 | 86.5 | — | 385.0 | 48 | Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) | 2 meters apart, 4 years old, 8 meter height, and 10 cm DBH |
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