Table 2. Moss characteristics of Pleurozium schreberi-tissue collected in Northern Sweden.

	pH		C/N*		Phenols (mg g−1 fw)		Chlorophyll (SPAD units)*
Site	mean	se	mean	se	mean	se	mean	se
A	4.6	0.12	44	0.5	7	0.2	4.7	0.84
B	4.8	0.12	44	0.5	5.4	0.37	4.7	0.84
C	4.4	0.13	32	0.8	5.7	0.38	2.5	0.53
D	4.4	0.13	32	0.8	9	0.49	2.5	0.53
E	4.4	0.13	40	1	6.8	0.19	3.4	1.3
F	4.3	0.15	53	0.9	8.4	0.56	3.5	0.81

Values are means±1 SE of 3–6 determinations. * C/N and Chlorophyll concentrations were determined on the same samples for sites A and B, and C and D.