. 2013 Apr 9;173(3):859–870. doi: 10.1007/s00442-013-2648-1

Table 1.

Indicator values for all species that are significant indicators of the plant communities identified by hierarchical clustering

Species	Two clusters		Three clusters
Species	Cluster 1	Cluster 2	Cluster 1.1	Cluster 1.2	Cluster 2
Alchemilla glomerulans	0	0.357^a	0	0	0.357^a
Anthoxanthum nipponicum	0	0.781^a	0	0	0.776^a
Astragalus alpinus	0	0.321^a	0	0	0.321^a
Bryophytes	0.558^a	0.349	0.556^a	0.174	0.209
Bistorta vivipara	0	0.786^a	0	0	0.786^a
Cerastium fontanum	0	0.464^a	0	0	0.464^a
Cirsium heterophyllum	0	0.143^a	0	0	0.143^a
Calamagrostis phragmitoides	0	0.286^a	0	0	0.286
Chamaepericlymenum suecicum	0.878^a	0.041	0.296	0.625^a	0.022
Empetrum nigrum	0.824^a	0.007	0.800^a	0.133	0.003
Equisetum pratense	n.s.	n.s.	0	0.147^a	0
Festuca rubra	0	0.566^a	0	0.001	0.562^a
Filipendula ulmaria	0	0.179^a	0	0	0.179^a
Geum rivale	0	0.214^a	0	0	0.214^a
Geranium sylvaticum	0	0.999	0	0	0.998^a
Hieracium sp.	0.001	0.520^a	0	0.003	0.507^a
Lycopodium annotinum	0	0.143^a	0	0	0.143^a
Linnea borealis	0.188^a	0	0.174^a	0.041	0
Luzula pilosa	0.016	0.400^a	0	0.046	0.327^a
Melampyrum pratense	0.281^a	0	0.071	0.227^a	0
Orthilia secunda	0	0.321^a	0	0	0.321^a
Pyrola minor	0	0.607^a	0	0	0.607^a
Parnassia palustris	0	0.214^a	0	0	0.214^a
Rumex acetosa	0.001	0.169^a	0	0.003	0.162^a
Ranunculus acris	0	1.000^a	0	0	1.000^a
Rubus saxatilis	0	0.643^a	0	0	0.643^a
Saussurea alpina	0	0.143^a	0	0	0.143^a
Salix glauca	0	0.107^a	0	0	0.107^a
Selaginella selaginoides	0	0.286^a	0	0	0.286^a
Solidago virgaurea	0.002	0.963^a	0.003	0.002	0.928^a
Trientalis europaea	0.001	0.170^a	0	0.002	0.164^a
Trollius europaeus	0	0.286^a	0	0	0.286^a
Viola biflora	0	0.964^a	0	0	0.964^a
Vaccinium myrtillus	0.886^a	0.046	0.323	0.608^a	0.024

Results are shown for a two-cluster solution and a three-cluster solution

^aHighest indicator value per species