Some agricultural practices have led to organically and chemically impoverished soils.
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The species is rare and has a limited range and occurs on low rises in shallow red clay-loam impoverished soils over limestone around the coastal town of Victoria near Moonlight Head.
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This community is typically associated with arable crops on impoverished soils and is now very scarce, both because suitable soils have a localised distribution and because intensive cereal agriculture is not conducive to its development.
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However erratic their support, Beijing does back the fledgling wine industry, which after all produces a high-value product from impoverished soils, not to mention freeing up scarce grain from baijiu production and promoting healthier drinking habits.
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This was in part due to the sheer isolation of its location, meaning transportation was difficult and costly, and also due to the impoverished soils of the district which were unsuitable for widespread agriculture and did little to enhance the development of permanent towns.
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One source states that, " conditioning the soil thoroughly before planting enables the plants to establish themselves quickly and so play their part in the design . " However, not all gardens are, or should be, amended in this manner, since many plants prefer an impoverished soil.