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. 2013 Jan 10;8(1):e53514. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053514

Table 3. Species frequency of occurrence inside (in) and outside (out) cushions of T. caespitosum at four elevation sites in Tso Moriri (see Table 2 for explanation).

Species Family Clona-lity Life 5350 m 5600 m 5750 m 5850 m
form in out Fp Fa in out Fp Fa in out Fp Fa in out Fp Fa total
Poa attenuata Poa yes H 15 26 ** 34 46 * ** 43 49 *** 27 43 ** ** 283
Draba altaica Brassica no Ch 0 0 20 39 ** ** 32 64 *** *** 29 50 *** *** 234
Saussurea gnaphalodes Aster no H 1 2 12 20 * *** 16 29 ** ** 24 38 * * 142
Desideria pumila Brassica no H 0 0 3 7 22 21 10 13 76
Stellaria decumbens Caryo no H 0 0 0 3 0 28 *** *** 0 26 *** *** 57
Artemisia minor Aster no Ch 17 37 *** ** 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
Waldheimia tridactylites Aster no H 0 0 6 17 ** ** 0 0 8 13 * 44
Eritrichium hemisphaericum Boragin no H 0 0 0 10 *** *** 0 9 ** ** 1 15 ** *** 35
Arenaria bryophylla Caryo no Ch 2 5 5 15 ** ** 0 4 0 0 31
Alyssum klimesii Brassica no H 0 0 2 1 1 1 7 15 * * 27
Saussurea glacialis Aster no H 0 1 0 0 6 17 * 1 2 27
Potentilla pamirica Rosa no H 1 4 5 11 0 4 *** *** 0 1 26
Dracocephalum heterophyllum Lami no H 10 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
Carex sagaensis Cyper yes H 2 3 0 2 4 8 ** 0 0 19
Oxytropis chiliophylla Faba no H 2 17 *** *** 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
Saxifraga nanella Saxifraga yes Ch 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 *** *** 19
Stellaria depressa Caryo no H 5 10 *** 0 3 0 0 0 0 18
Saussurea hypsipeta Aster no H 0 0 0 0 2 11 * ** 0 0 13
Draba oreades Brassica no Ch 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 10
Elymus schrenkianus Poa yes H 2 7 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Aphragmus oxycarpus Brassica no H 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 8
Astragalus confertus Faba no H 0 0 0 8 *** *** 0 0 0 0 8
Elymus schugnanicus Poa yes H 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Delphinium brunonianum Ranuncul no H 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Urtica hyperborea Urtica no H 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Festuca tibetica Poa yes H 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Saxifraga cernua Saxifraga yes H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Carex sp. Cyper yes H 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Saussurea glanduligera Aster no H 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stipa subsessiliflora Poa yes H 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
total 62 145 3 4 88 182 7 7 129 248 7 8 112 237 7 8
average richness 0.9 2.2 1.3 2.8 1.8 3.7 1.5 3.3
total richness 12 17 9 13 10 13 11 13