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Generally,four categories of vegetation exist in mix vegetated soil.Those are i)vegetated soil under tree shade during entire daytime,ii)vegetated soil under tree shade during less period of daytime,iii)vegetated soil under light during entire daytime and iv)soil surface covered by mix grass and shredded leaves.Previous studies have shown that presence of vegetation may influence hydraulic conductivity.The main factors those govern such influ-ence are found to be growth of vegetation,which is directly related to photosynthesis and stomatal conductance.Stomatal conductance is the measure of passage of carbon dioxide or water vapor through stomata of leaf.The ob-jective of this study is to quantify the spatial variation of stomatal conductance and hydraulic conductivity in mix vegetated soil.Field monitoring of mix vegetated soil was conducted for about three months.Stomatal conductance and hydraulic conductivity were measured in 150 locations in selected site once every month.Stomatal conductance was measured using leaf porometer.Mini disk infiltrometer was used to measure hydraulic conductivity.Stomatal conductance of mix grass under light for longer duration(8 hours)was found to be higher than that under light for shorter duration(3-4 hours)and shade.Hydraulic conductivity of mix grass cover under shade was found to be relatively low.As compared to stomatal conductance,preferential flow is found to be more dominant in governing the hydraulic conductivity.