Table 1.

Variation in field between two natural populations of Suaeda corniculata.

	Population 1 (Ordos Plateau)	Population 2 (Junggar Basin)
Mean total soil salinity (%)
Year 1	2.5 ± 0.1	4.0 ± 0.3
	(407 ± 33 mmol⋅L-1 NaCl)	(691 ± 55 mmol⋅L-1 NaCl)
Year 2	2.4 ± 0.2	3.6 ± 0.5
	(419 ± 9 mmol⋅L-1 NaCl)	(624 ± 55 mmol⋅L-1 NaCl)
Life span (d)	149.7 ± 1.1	137.8 ± 0.8	∗
Plant height (mm)	561.8 ± 14.3	442.4 ± 11.7	∗
Reproductive allocation (%)	21.8 ± 0.8	24.8 ± 0.8	∗
Brown seed proportion (%)	20.4 ± 4.0	67.2 ± 2.3	∗
Seed diameter (mm)
Brown	1.1 ± 0.0	1.4 ± 0.0	∗
Black	1.0 ± 0.0	1.2 ± 0.0	∗
Germination of fresh seeds (%)
Brown	91.8 ± 2.7	97.0 ± 1.9
Black	80.0 ± 5.2	35.0 ± 5.3	∗

^∗Significant difference (P < 0.05) between populations.