Table 2. Traits overview.
Range | ||||||
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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.