Table 2.

Surface development (leaf area per unit fresh weight) and water content of the leaves of some tested plants

Plants	Surface development (cm2/g fresh weight)	Water content in %
Phragmites communis	37–44	68
Miscanthus sacchariflorus	50	69
Miscanthus sinensis
Kirigamine montane meadow, 1600 m a.s.l.	49	73
near Urawa	47	–
Euphorbia adenochlora	78	75
Sanguisorba tenuifolia	64–80	68
Thalictrum simplex var. affine	72	68
Glycine soja
in the open	82	69
in the shade	131	81
Cissus japonica	45	87
Paederia chinensis	58	76
Hosta lancifolia
Tazima meadow	46	88
Kirigamine montane meadow	57	79
Sasa nipponica
in the open	74	56
in the shade	85	58