Table 5.

Density of individual plants, percentage of reproductive plants, and fruit production of the columnar cacti species studied per hectare and in the whole area occupied by the different forest types analyzed

Forest type	Parameter	Pachycereus weberi	Myrtillocactus geometrizans	Escontria chiotilla	Neobuxbaumia tetetzo
Cardonal	Density/ha	752	43	95	97
	Reproductive	18.50%	30.2%	30.5%	23.7%
	No. fruits/ha	3,647	5,705	2,521	590
	kg fruit/ha	221.60, (14.80 seeds)	2.6	29.9	6.1, (3.56 kg flower buds)
	Total ton fruit	480.90	5.60	64.80	13.20
Jiotillal	Density/ha	17	6	1855	0
	Reproductive	23.5%	66.7%	2.1%	0
	No. fruits/ha	287	9,803	8,223	0
	kg fruit/ha	17.4, (1.16 kg seeds)	4.4	97.5	0
	Total ton fruit	5.60	1.40	31.20	0
Tetechera	Density/ha	28	350	125	28,030
	Reproductive	35.7%	14.3%	6.4%	4.9%
	No. fruits/ha	351	2,288	279	23,010
	kg fruit/ha	21.3, (1.43 kg seeds)	1.0	3.3	237.6, (139.50 kg flower buds)
	Total ton fruit	22.80	1.10	3.50	254.20
Average weight per fruit (g)	60.76 ± 19.08	0.45 ± 0.18	11.85 ± 2.45	10.32 ± 2.39