Table 1.

Vegetative characters and functional adaptive traits with transformations used in analysis.

Vegetative characters	Adaptive traits∗
Initial shoot color	3,4Final height
Initial shoot pubescence	3,4Final root collar diameter
1Leaf shape	Average leaf length
1Leaf margin	5Average leaf area
1Leaf color	6Average crown area
Leaf texture	Total leaf number
1Average number of leaflets leaf-1∗	5Estimated total leaf area
1Rachis color	Estimated total leaf area stem-1
1Rachis pubescence∗	SPAD chlorophyll content
Rachis texture	5Specific leaf area (SLA, m2 g-1)
1Stem pubescence	Photosynthesis (μmol CO2 g-1 s-1)
2Lenticel shape	SLA correlated photosynthesis (μmol CO2 m-2 s-1)
2Lenticel density∗	Transpiration (mmol H2O m-2 s-1)
2Leaf scar notched	Water use efficiency (umol CO2 mmol-1 H2O)
Number of nodes∗	3,4Root volume
	Foliar:rachis dry mass
	3,4Total dry mass
	3,4shoot:root dry mass

Asterisks (^∗) denote quantitative variables. ¹IPGRI (1994), ²Farlee et al. (2010), ³Wilson and Jacobs (2006), ⁴Grossnickle (2012), ⁵Cornelissen et al. (2003), ⁶Gauthier et al. (2013)