The Importance Of Soil And Trees

The Topsoil

Soil is often neglected in our lives. The soil plays an important role in all living things. It provides water retention within our land so as to give life to the matter or things that depend on it. In the soil, remains of dead living things such as plants and animals including their feces become organic matter. After decomposition, the organic matter goes to the soil and adjacent water forming molecules that is proven beneficial to both plants and animals. The present organic matter also act as a neutralizer to regulate the acidity in the soil and environment.

Mutual Relationship Of Soil And Trees In Environment

The topsoil covers up 2 feet to 8 inches from underneath and is where the plants depend. This part of the soil is where exchange of nutrients happens. Those living things who depend on it got its fundamental need in the soil. When this soil is neglected and is not planted, it causes flood. These trees are called the sponge of water underground to mitigate flooding in lowlands. By means of this soil, water transport toward the plants and trees happen.

Crops depend greatly in the absorption of nutrients in the soil. However, soil also benefits from the crops such as legumes and peas because it gives them nutrient contrary to other crops that is just commensal to the soil.

Illegal Activities:  Illegal logging and Kaingin

There are other problems facing both trees and soil. By means of illegal logging and kaingin, soil and trees collapse in the environment that endanger the people living nearby. The continuous denudation of trees in the mountainous region contribute to the destruction of soil and trees. Soil can easily be eroded if it is not well cultivated by means of planting. It can not really hold amount of water above so if the rain or typhoon comes the erosion happens. It erodes more than you expected. Also, important minerals in the soil might be lost for plant consumption due to run-off, leaching etc.

Trees create shade and produce oxygen

So start maintaining these important living things in our lives. The plant and trees give us oxygen in return after it consume our poisonous carbon dioxide. The trees is also the source of some fruit that we eat and the source of food of other creatures which involve in pollination. Also, it creates shade in the leisure park or around  your house to lessen the effect of scorching heat from the sun. Furthermore, it is also proven that trees can be a buffer to some irritating noise from the environment up to 50 percent.

The soil produces almost all of food that we and the living creatures consume including trees.