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Table 4 Attributes for 2-year-old trialled species

From: Observations of “coarse” root development in young trees of nine exotic species from a New Zealand plot trial

Attribute

Oak

Eucalypt

Douglas-fir

Redwood

Cherry

Blackwood

Alder

Cypress

Radiata

Trees sampled

3

3

-

3

3

3

3

3

3

Tree height (m)

0.63 (0.03)

2.51 (0.56)

-

1.47 (0.38)

2.60 (0.36)

3.53 (0.52)

4.73 (2.30)

2.27 (0.26)

1.30 (0.47)

Canopy spread (m)

0.39 (0.12)

1.43 (0.36)

-

1.05 (0.34)

1.08 (0.17)

1.63 (0.29)

3.73 (0.19)

1.67 (0.18)

0.38 (0.14)

DBHa (mm)

-

21 (3.3)

-

8 (1.4)

19 (5.0)

39 (7.5)

60 (8.3)

16 (0.1)

19 (N/A)

RCDb (mm)

19 (1.4)

73 (15.9)

-

45 (13.8)

63 (10.9)

71 (9.0)

144 (11.7)

43 (0.1)

29 (10.6)

Max. root diameter (m)

0.57 (0.06)

2.10 (0.20)

-

1.32 (0.34)

3.33 (0.54)

6.33 (1.45)

6.70 (0.99)

3.00 (0.25)

1.10 (0.44)

Max. root depth (m)

0.45 (0.03)

0.18 (0.03)

-

0.20 (0.03)

0.22 (0.01)

0.39 (0.04)

0.42 (0.04)

0.21 (0.01)

0.23 (0.12)

Total AGBc (g)

46 (17)

2454 (1032)

-

669 (313)

2180 (830)

4347 (1146)

11106 (377)

3833 (759)

301 (171)

Total BGBd (g)

65 (28)

523 (250)

-

138 (65)

2088 (910)

1675 (1403)

8438 (1212)

1037 (582)

52 (22)

Total root masse (g)

49 (22)

350 (166)

-

81 (40)

1699 (748)

1275 (244)

7091 (1279)

801 (510)

24 (10)

Total root length > 1 mm (m)

6.0 (1.2)

43.4 (18.1)

-

33.3 (16.2)

180.9 (86.6)

119.5 (21.9)

1508.2 (397.2)

147 (31.3)

11.3 (4.4)

  1. Data are presented as means, numbers in brackets are standard error of the mean. adiameter at breast height, broot collar diameter, ctotal above-ground biomass, dtotal below- ground biomass including stump/root bole, etotal root mass excluding the stump/root bole