Fig. 5: Effects of DSE inoculation on invasive P. australis across varying salinity levels.

Bar plots showing means and standard error of the mean for the effects of dark septate endophyte inoculation of invasive P. australis at different salinity levels (Freshwater: no added NaCl, Mesohaline: 200 mM NaCl, and Polyhaline: 400 mM NaCl) on (a) aboveground biomass, (b) average stem height, (c), leaf biomass, and (d) root:shoot ratio. NS indicates p values greater than p = 0.1. Average stem height for freshwater treatments was not recorded because there were sometimes over one hundred per pot making it difficult to get an accurate count.