Table 3A.
Average Counts of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) spores extracted from bulk soil and the rhizosphere of S. terebinthifolius and two Florida native plants (H. patens and B. alba) from six sampling locations.
Sample sites/county | Bulk soil (mean ± SE) | S. terebinthifolius* (mean ± SE) | H. patens (mean ± SE) | B. alba (mean ± SE) | Site average** (mean ± SE) |
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Site 1/Broward | 69.3 ± 20 | 237.8 ± 79 | 111.3 ± 39 | 134.5 ± 25 | 138.2 ± 70.2b |
Site 2/Broward | 90.1 ± 13 | 253 ± 47 | 101.3 ± 5.9 | 169.1 ± 53 | 153.4 ± 74b |
Site 3/Palm Beach | 91.5 ± 18 | 272.3 ± 53 | 106.1 ± 14 | 193.2 ± 6.8 | 165.8 ± 82ab |
Site 4/Palm Beach | 97.7 ± 24 | 178.8 ± 15 | 150.4 ± 38 | 156 ± 36 | 145.7 ± 34.3b |
Site 5/Miami-Dade | 61.4 ± 12 | 184.4 ± 22 | 99.1 ± 19 | 147.5 ± 9.2 | 123.1 ± 53bc |
Site 6/Miami-Dade | 90.1 ± 19 | 203.1 ± 28 | 80.4 ± 11 | 110.9 ± 18 | 121.1 ± 55bcd |
Averages counts | 83.3 ± 12 | 221.6 ± 31 | 108.1 ± 19 | 151.9 ± 23 |
Significant plant effect (p = 2e-16) was observed for S. terebinthifolius compared to the natives.
Significant site effect (p = 0.00149) was observed for Sites 3 and 5 and Sites 3 and 6.
**Column means followed by the same letter are not significantly different by the Tukey HSD test (p < 0.05).