Table 2.
Distribution of root length (%) over five diameter classes for the 13 investigated plant species in the order of their life form
| Root length (%) per root diameter class |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Life form | 0 < d ≤ 0·5 mm | 0·5 < d ≤ 2·0 mm | 2·0 < d ≤ 5·0 mm | 5·0 < d ≤ 10·0 mm | d > 10 mm |
| Arabis caerulea | Forb | 7·3 | 28·6 | 61·0 | 2·7 | 0·3 |
| Campanula scheuchzeri | Forb | 17·1 | 70·2 | 10·7 | 1·4 | 0·6 |
| Geum reptans | Forb | 5·0 | 48·8 | 38·8 | 6·7 | 0·7 |
| Leucanthemopsis alpina | Forb | 6·8 | 89·5 | 3·2 | 0·4 | 0·01 |
| Ranunculus glacialis | Forb | 12·0 | 84·6 | 3·0 | 0·3 | 0·009 |
| Trifolium badium | Forb | 48·8 | 48·6 | 2·5 | 0·2 | 0·02 |
| Veronica alpina | Forb | 54·5 | 45·3 | 0·2 | 0·0007 | 0 |
| Luzula alpinopilosa | Graminoid | 29·9 | 68·5 | 1·7 | 0·005 | 0 |
| Luzula spicata | Graminoid | 70·6 | 28·6 | 0·7 | 0·01 | 0·0002 |
| Poa alpina | Graminoid | 57·9 | 38·1 | 3·8 | 0·2 | 0·0007 |
| Trisetum spicatum | Graminoid | 23·0 | 75·6 | 1·4 | 0·03 | 0·0006 |
| Salix breviserrata | Shrub | 15·9 | 71·7 | 11·2 | 1·1 | 0·1 |
| Salix herbacea | Shrub | 14·7 | 75·0 | 9·7 | 0·6 | 0·004 |