Populus euphratica is a unique and precious forest resource in desert areas. Often growing in the desert, it is cold-resistant, drought-resistant, salt-resistant and sand-resistant, and has strong vitality. Populus euphratica forest is a unique and precious forest resource in desert areas. Its primary function is to prevent wind and fix sand, create a suitable oasis climate and form fertile soil. For thousands of years, Populus euphratica has resolutely guarded the border desert and watched sandstorms.
Populus euphratica is also called "the patron saint of desert". Populus euphratica plays an important role in stabilizing ecological balance, preventing wind and fixing sand, regulating oasis climate and forming fertile forest soil in desert river areas. It is a natural barrier for developing agriculture and animal husbandry in desert areas.
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As an ancient tree species, Populus euphratica is of great scientific value to the study of climate change, river change, flora evolution and ancient economic and cultural development in desert areas of Asia and Africa. Populus euphratica forest can improve desert ecology.
A considerable part of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and western Gansu are occupied by Gobi and desert, and there is little rain, especially the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang. Populus euphratica is mainly distributed around the Taklimakan desert, like a green Great Wall, which tightly locks the expansion of mobile sand dunes.
Xinjiang's agricultural areas are mainly distributed in strip oases on the desert edge of northern and southern Xinjiang basins, mostly surrounded by desert Gobi. Under the threat of drought and sandstorm, Inner Mongolia and western Gansu are also in similar natural environments. Under such harsh natural conditions, we can't ignore the Populus euphratica forests distributed on both sides of rivers and in flood-eroded areas in these areas. Because of the existence of these Populus euphratica forests, drought and harsh climate can be alleviated.