Author(s)

Petr Vráblík¹, Michal Řehoř², Pavel Schmidt², Jaroslava Vráblíková¹

¹Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Environment, J. E. Purkyně University in ústí nad Labem, ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
²Research Institute for Brown Coal in Most, Most, Czech Republic.

When reclaiming the surface of the Radovesická dump in the North Bohemian brown coal basin, the most commonly used marls and marlstones are extracted in the foreland of filled-in territory. The most frequent reclamations are the formation of overgrown and humus anthroposoil. The soil properties of the anthroposoils for forestry purposes and the growth vitality of a broader assortment of woody plants in the age of 12 - 14 years are evaluated. It has been found that the very good growth vitality on these anthroposoils is shown by most of the trees of domestic origin (Populus nigra L., Acer pseudoplatanus L., Pinus sylvestris L., Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., Fraxinus excelsior L., Betula verrucosa Ehrh., Quercus robur L., Tilia cordata Mill.), including some of the tree species introduced (Larix decidua L., Pinus nigra Arn.) and reclamations of atypical atrophic soil horizons did not negatively affect their development.

Anthroposoil Landfill, Forest Reclamation, Marlstone, Loamy Clay, Soil Properties, Growth Vitality

Vráblík, P. , Řehoř, M. , Schmidt, P. and Vráblíková, J. (2018) Evaluation of the Forest Reclamation of the Anthroposoil Dump at the Bílina Mines Created from Marlstone. Open Journal of Soil Science, 8, 360-367. doi: 10.4236/ojss.2018.812026.