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Artemisia wudanica is an endemic, perennial, pioneering psammophyte species in thesand dune ecosystems of western Horqin Sand Land in northern China. However,no studies have addressed how sexual and asexual reproduction modes of A. wudanicaperform at the transitional zones between active dune inter-dune lowlandsand active dunes. In early spring, quadrats were randomly set up in thestudy area to monitor surviving seedling and/or ramet density and frequencycoming from sexual/asexual reproduction of A. wudanica. Iron sticks were inserted neareach quadrat to determine wind erosion intensity (WE). Additionally, soilsamples were collected nearby each quadrat to test for soil moisture (SM),organic matter (OM) and pH. Surviving seedlings of A. wudanica showed an inverseresponse in comparison with ramets to SM, OM and WE. Soil moisture showedthe most positive effect, and WE the negative effect, on surviving, sexualreproduction seedlings. Contrarily, WE had the most positive effect, and SMthe negative effect, on asexual reproduction ramets. This suggests thatincreases in SM and decreases in WE should benefit recruitment of A. wudanicaseedlings. On the contrary, ramets coming from asexual reproduction showed adifferent response to environmental factors in transition zone habitats.While SM was not a key constraint for the survival of seedlings, they showeda better, positive response to wind erosion environments. Overall, variousstudy environmental parameters could be improved to foster A. wudanica invasion andsettlement in the plant community through different reproductive modes,thereby promoting vegetation restoration and rehabilitation

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The role of sexual vs. asexual recruitment of &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Artemisia wudanica&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; in transition zone habitats between inter-dune lowlands and active dunes in Inner Mongolia, China