Table 1. Plant material used in the study and significance of differences between groups of fresh and dried leaves in shape parameters, as well as their area loss and mass loss.

Taxon (family)	N	Growth form; leaf type and other remarks	PC1	PC2	Area loss [cm2]	Area loss [%]	Mass loss [g]	Mass loss [%]
All samples	794		*		1.3*	7.6*	0.230*	69.4*
Betula pendula Roth (Betulaceae)	36	woody (tree), deciduous	*	*	1.0*	8.2*	0.101*	60.2*
Fagus sylvatica L. (Fabaceae)	34	woody (tree), deciduous	*		1.8*	3.5*	0.333*	73.8*
Ficus retusa L. (Moraceae)	36	woody (tree), evergreen	*	*	2.9*	15.2*	0.386*	73.1*
Fraxinus ornus L. (Oleaceae)	29	woody (tree), deciduous; pinnately-compound leaves	*	*	0.8*	4.9*	0.179*	68.4*
Lamium album L. (Lamiaceae)	35	herbaceous	*	*	0.5*	5.6*	0.103*	73.5*
Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. (Fabaceae)	37	herbaceous; palmately-compound leaves	*	*	0.7*	5.6*	0.238*	82.8*
Oemleria cerasiformis (Torr. & A.Gray) J.W. Landon (Rosaceae)	32	woody (shrub), deciduous	*		1.3*	4.9*	0.238*	68.9*
Plantago lanceolata L. (Plantaginaceae)	29	herbaceous	*	*	2.3*	8.6*	0.606*	86.3*
Plantago major L. (Plantaginaceae)	28	herbaceous	*		2.9*	8.8*	0.606*	78.6*
Robinia pseudoacacia L. (Fabaceae)	31	woody (tree), deciduous; pinnately-compound leaves	*	*	0.7*	9.5*	0.058*	65.7*
Rosa arvensis Huds. (Rosaceae)	29	woody (shrub), deciduous; pinnately-compound leaves	*		0.3*	7.4*	0.018*	51.9*
Rosa arvensis Huds. (Rosaceae)	33	woody (shrub), deciduous; pinnately-compound leaves	*	*	0.4*	8.9*	0.032*	52.0*
Salix pentandra L. (Salicaceae)	28	woody (shrub), deciduous	*		1.8*	7.0*	0.299*	66.2*
Secale cereale L. (Poaceae)	30	herbaceous	*	*	0.7*	12.1*	0.065*	72.0*
Sorbus aucuparia L. (Rosaceae)	34	woody (tree), deciduous; pinnately-compound leaves	*	*	0.4*	11.4*	0.034*	59.4*
Syringa ×chinensis Willd. (Oleaceae)	38	woody (shrub), deciduous	*	*	0.6*	5.6*	0.117*	63.9*
Syringa ×prestoniae McKelvey ‘Esterka’ (Oleaceae)	37	woody (shrub), deciduous	*	*	4.6*	9.7*	0.787*	75.8*
Syringa josikaea J. Jacq. (Oleaceae)	30	woody (shrub), deciduous	*	*	2.5*	5.7*	0.500*	69.6*
Syringa meyeri C.K. Schneid. (Oleaceae)	35	woody (shrub), deciduous	*	*	0.9*	11.3*	0.100*	64.1*
Syringa vulgaris L. ‘Princesse Clementine’ (Oleaceae)	32	woody (shrub), deciduous		*	2.4*	6.0*	0.523*	66.0*
Trifolium repens L. (Fabaceae)	36	herbaceous; pinnately-compound leaves	*		0.1*	7.5*	0.012*	73.7*
Vinca minor L. (Apocynaceae)	31	subshrub, evergreen; previous year leaves	*		0.2*	4.0*	0.060*	77.4*
Vinca minor L. (Apocynaceae)	39	subshrub, evergreen; current year leaves	*		0.2*	3.9*	0.081*	64.2*
Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC. (Fabaceae)	35	woody (liana), deciduous; pinnately-compound leaves	*	*	1.5*	8.1*	0.150*	76.3*

N = number of leaves or leaflets used in the analysis

traits marked with asterisk * are significant with p < 0.05