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. 2017 Apr 20;8:665. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00665

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)
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).