Table 1 Relative quantity (RQ) of Calluna vulgaris (CV_trnL) and Erica cinerea (EC_trnL) DNA marker in plant extracts, relative to the plant trnL P6 loop

CV05

Calluna vulgaris

1.20

0.04

0.00^b

0.00^b

EC01

Erica cinerea

0.00^b

0.00^b

1.19

0.10

RW

Chamaenerion angustifolium

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

Th

Cirsium or Carduus spp.

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

ET

Erica tetralix

^a

^a

0.66

0.04

Mi

Mentha spp.

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

PE

Potentilla erecta

^a

^a

^a

^a

PV

Prunella vulgaris

^a

^a

^a

^a

RF

Rubus fruticosus

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

SC

Silene coronaria

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

SP

Succisa pratensis

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

Da

Taraxacum spp.

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b

0.00^b