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. 2016 Jan 19;3:160002. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.2

Table 2. Species-level statistical summaries (average, s.d., sample size) of specific leaf area (SLA; cm2 HSA g−1 C), leaf carbon (%), leaf nitrogen (%), and leaf lifespan (years) for tree and shrub species sampled in Oregon and Northern California.

Div. Genus Species SLA
    Leaf C
Leaf N
Leaf lifespan
      Avg. s.d. N Avg. s.d. N Avg. s.d. N Avg. s.d. N
Divisions (Div.) include angiosperms and gymnosperms.                            
angio. Acer circinatum 689 263 4 49.58 1.77 4 2.23 0.94 4 1 0 4
angio. Acer macrophyllum 406 121 4 47.45 2.30 4 2.81 0.78 4 1 0 4
angio. Alnus rubra 326 136 9 51.03 1.07 9 2.56 0.22 9 1 0 9
angio. Arbutus menziesii 168 35 16 47.57 2.10 16 0.93 0.31 16 1 0 0
angio. Ceanothus velutinus 121 NA 1 51.20 NA 1 2.47 NA 1 1 NA 1
angio. Cercocarpus unknown 86 NA 1 46.56 NA 1 2.18 NA 1 NA NA 0
angio. Chrysolepis chrysophylla 137 28 4 49.77 0.34 4 1.30 0.23 4 1 0 4
angio. Cornus unknown 928 107 2 39.98 0.13 2 1.77 0.06 2 NA NA 2
angio. Corylus cornuta 1,146 NA 1 48.50 NA 1 2.91 NA 1 1 NA 1
angio. Frangula purshiana 488 NA 1 47.70 NA 1 2.90 NA 1 1 NA 1
angio. Holodiscus discolor 484 355 2 49.00 0.57 2 2.37 0.47 2 1 0 2
angio. Lithocarpus densiflorus 162 36 5 43.14 4.29 5 0.91 0.16 5 3.4 2.1 5
angio. Purshia tridentate 202 86 66 50.09 1.20 66 1.93 0.52 66 NA NA 66
angio. Quercus chrysolepis 130 30 7 43.25 2.82 7 0.96 0.15 7 3.6 1.4 7
angio. Quercus garryana 586 205 3 46.51 1.59 3 2.10 0.62 3 1 NA 3
angio. Quercus kelloggii 260 59 7 45.54 0.78 7 1.95 0.14 7 1 NA 7
angio. Rhododendron macrophyllum 116 NA 1 52.30 NA 1 0.97 NA 1 1 NA 1
angio. Ribes divaricatum 232 NA 1 48.40 NA 1 2.61 NA 1 1 NA 1
gymno. Abies amabilis 87 18 25 52.13 0.65 25 0.89 0.12 25 5.3 1.6 25
gymno. Abies concolor 102 18 89 48.08 1.97 89 0.88 0.13 89 8.7 2.6 89
gymno. Abies grandis 91 19 102 48.87 1.71 71 0.88 0.16 71 8.2 2.5 97
gymno. Abies lasiocarpa 98 13 7 50.59 2.45 7 0.92 0.08 7 10.1 5.0 7
gymno. Abies magnifica 73 11 11 48.89 2.10 11 0.90 0.18 11 19.6 4.7 11
gymno. Abies procera 72 20 22 51.72 1.66 22 0.85 0.15 22 3.9 2.1 22
gymno. Calocedrus decurrens 82 24 18 48.04 1.62 18 0.84 0.21 18 2.5 2.1 1
gymno. Juniperus occidentalis 64 9 68 48.86 1.71 68 0.95 0.20 68 NA NA 0
gymno. Larix occidentalis 309 33 10 46.13 2.31 10 1.87 0.37 10 1 0 10
gymno. Picea engelmannii 94 30 11 50.01 2.23 11 0.89 0.12 11 7.2 2.5 11
gymno. Picea sitchensis 138 47 27 53.02 0.76 27 1.27 0.16 27 4.4 0.8 27
gymno. Pinus contorta 83 10 40 50.06 1.67 40 1.06 0.21 40 8 4.1 40
gymno. Pinus flexilis 107 5 3 52.90 0.20 3 1.29 0.12 3 NA NA 0
gymno. Pinus jeffreyi 90 27 45 49.56 0.94 45 1.00 0.16 45 6.6 2.5 45
gymno. Pinus lambertiana 103 32 6 47.63 0.93 6 1.05 0.08 6 7 1.7 6
gymno. Pinus monticola 103 15 11 50.71 1.03 11 1.40 0.23 11 6.5 1.2 11
gymno. Pinus ponderosa 81 11 267 50.77 2.17 267 1.15 0.17 267 4.5 1.2 185
gymno. Pseudotsuga menziesii 119 24 310 51.40 1.64 253 1.08 0.19 253 5.5 2.0 306
gymno. Thuja plicata 95 18 3 51.03 1.99 3 0.98 0.12 3 5 NA 1
gymno. Tsuga heterophylla 175 46 82 52.74 0.98 82 1.05 0.23 82 5.2 1.3 82
gymno. Tsuga mertensiana 193 61 3 50.87 0.81 3 0.89 0.21 3 5.3 1.5 3