Ecosystems

Location

Annual temperature

Annual

precipitation

Annual

evaporation

Dominant plantation

Soil type

Management

Desert (DE)

44˚25'N 87˚54'E

6˚C - 9˚C

200 mm

2000 mm

Haloxylon ammodendron

Sandy

soil

Natural

No irrigation

Transition (TE)

44˚17'N 87˚56'E

5˚C - 7˚C

160 mm

1700 mm

Tamarix spp.

Silty clay

loam

Semi-natural

No irrigation,

Adjacent to the cultivated land

Farmland (FE)

44˚17'N 85˚51'E

7˚C

210 mm

1600 mm

Cotton

Sandy

loam

Artificially management, Irrigation