Table 6 Rotated component matrix of PCA for Hyptis suaveolens in Lafia.

From: Intraspecific functional traits of an invasive alien plant, Hyptis suaveolens differ with respect to land use types

Farmland tsraits

Component

Abandoned land traits

Component

Roadside traits

Component

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

RDD

  

0.97

  

Leaf area

0.95

   

FRD

 

0.95

 

SBT

   

0.97

 

RDD

 

0.95

  

RDD

  

0.81

Rooting depth

 

0.96

   

FRD

 

0.89

  

Rooting depth

 

0.76

 

SRL

 

0.95

   

Plant height

  

0.88

 

Plant height

  

0.73

Leave area

  

0.89

  

SSD

   

0.87

LDMC

0.68

  

SLA

    

0.88

Rooting depth

  

0.79

 

SSD

0.65

0.56

 

FRD

0.83

    

LDMC

0.78

   

SBT

  

0.56

SSD

0.79

    

SDMC

   

0.78

SDMC

0.51

  

Plant height

   

0.75

 

SBT

  

0.74

     

SDMC

0.73

             
  1. FRD: Fine root diameter, SSD: stem specific density, SBT: stem bark thickness, LDMC: Leaf dry matter content, SDMC: Stem dry matter content, SLA: Specific leaf area.
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