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. 2015 Apr 23;10(4):e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892

Table 2. Traits overview.

Range
Trait Abbrev. Units Low High Average n-fold variation
Axial parenchyma fraction unitless 0.01 0.33 0.14 26.3
Ray parenchyma fraction ray fraction " 0.06 0.41 0.21 6.8
Total parenchyma fraction (axial + ray) " 0.12 0.66 0.35 5.7
Fibre lumen fraction " 0.02 0.32 0.13 16.2
Fibre wall fraction " 0.15 0.52 0.32 3.5
Total fibre fraction (lumen + wall) " 0.20 0.74 0.45 3.7
Vessel lumen fraction " 0.06 0.23 0.13 3.9
Vessel wall fraction " 0.02 0.09 0.04 5.4
Total vessel fraction (lumen + wall) " 0.09 0.30 0.18 3.4
Fraction of conduits with maximum lumen diameter smaller than 15 μm conduits15μm fraction " 0.002* 0.15 0.06 63.4
Mucilage canals fraction " 0.01* 0.02 0.014 2.2
Wall fraction (fibre wall + vessel wall) wallF+V fraction " 0.18 0.56 0.36 3.1
Vessel area A mm2 0.0002 0.0036 0.0014 16.5
Vessel number per area N mm-2 34 730.7 148.7 21.5
Vessel area to number ratio S mm4 0.0000004 0.00011 0.00002 257.7
Hydraulically weighted diameter DH mm 0.02 0.08 0.05 4.4
Pith area mm2 0.13* 72.6 5.6 547.8
Wood density g cm-3 0.38 0.62 0.53 1.6
Height m 0.7 33.6 12.2 48.0
Maximum height m 1 40 18.1 40
Modulus of elasticity MOE MPa 1555 11778 5200 7.6
Leaf area/sapwood area cm2 cm-2 838 24904 7884 29.7

Notes: *—this trait's minimum value was 0, the value reported here is the lowest value different from 0, which was used to calculate n-fold variation and mean values.