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Vetiver Grass: A Thin Green Line Against Erosion
Fort Polk, Louisiana. A vetiver hedge can accumulate an amazing amount of soil. Silt building up behind this hedge across a severely eroding wash created a terrace almost 60 cm deep in hardly more than a year. (N. Vietmeyer)
