Table 2 The relative contribution of organic distribution to the total organic carbon density in Caragana korshinskii (n = 3 cover each organic) and soil (n = 9) along 5 sites.

From: Carbon Storage Patterns of Caragana korshinskii in Areas of Reduced Environmental Moisture on the Loess Plateau, China

Sites

The relative contribution of organic carbon density

Caragana korshinskii

Soil

Leaf

Rachis

Branch

Root

Yangling

90.12 ± 0.95

1.33 ± 0.03

0.35 ± 0.01

5.28 ± 0.11

2.93 ± 0.08

Huangling

59.42 ± 0.62

4.99 ± 0.04

3.09 ± 0.05

28.62 ± 0.41

3.87 ± 1.65

Ansai

44.18 ± 0.79

18.64 ± 0.53

6.33 ± 0.65

23.62 ± 7.38

7.23 ± 0.22

Yulin

§ 7.09 ± 0.04

40.73 ± 0.91

5.44 ± 0.74

37.30 ± 0.32

9.42 ± 0.26

Shenmu

20.65 ± 0.18

21.55 ± 0.48

6.08 ± 0.33

45.93 ± 1.20

5.80 ± 0.03

  1. Values are the mean ± se. §Soil depths range from 0 to 300 cm (all except Yulin from 0 to 100 cm).
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