Sandy soils are prone to the leaching of nutrients and minerals and so tend to be nutritionally poor.

养分和矿物质容易从沙质土壤中流失，因此沙质土壤往往较为贫瘠。

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But the purple pitcher plant, which lives in bogs and infertile sandy soils in North America, enlists other organisms to process its food.

但是这种紫色的猪笼草，生活在北美的沼泽和贫瘠的沙质土壤中，吸收其他生物来作为它的食物。

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Sandy soils along the coast have relatively large spaces between the sand grains.

沿海地区的砂质土壤，砂粒间的空隙也相对较大。

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Drax say miscanthus can still be useful for farmers wanting to stabilise sandy soils.

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Little says that he learns something every year and that his sandy loam is better suited than most soils to the practice.

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