Table 2 Chemical parameters measured in plants

C. aspera

M. spicatum

0.9 ± 0.08

0.7 ± 0.12

0.05 ± 0

0.06 ± 0

1.9 ± 0.17

1.2 ± 0.02

173 ± 21

120 ± 33

0.9 ± 0.02

0.52 ± 0.08

6.8 ± 1.3

2.3 ± 0.26

120 ± 29

97 ± 5

0.8 ± 0.2

0.50 ± 0.01

8.4 ± 2.3

2.3 ± 0.28

133 ± 13

100 ± 9

1.4 ± 0.1

0.81 ± 0.15

1.8 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 0.04

C

[mg (g dry mass) ^-1 ]

N

[mg (g dry mass) ^-1 ]

P

[mg (g dry mass) ^-1 ]

LC

SB

LC

SB

LC

SB

C. aspera

M. spicatum

206 ± 4

179 ± 15

11 ± 1.1

14 ± 0.12

0.4 ± 0.1

0.68 ± 0.06

425 ± 20

357 ± 35

36 ± 9

24 ± 8

2.6 ± 1.2

2.4 ± 1.5

384 ± 37

363 ± 5

27 ± 6

16 ± 3

1.2

1.3 ± 0.33

400 ± 7

379 ± 25

15 ± 3

14 ± 3

0.9 ± 0.2

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