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Table 2. Seed bank densities (seeds m⁻²) and viability (%) of Virgilia divaricata, Acacia mearnsii, and A. melanoxylon recorded in this study and compared to seed bank densities reported in literature.

Species	Seed bank density (seeds m⁻²)^h		Seed viability (%)
	Current study mean (range)	Literature	Current study	Literature
V. divaricata^g	938 (170–3,406)	15–685^e; 500–2,000^f	88	90–99^f
A. mearnsii	7,596 (57–35,060)	5,314^a; 38,340^c	91	92^b
A. melanoxylon	274 (0–1,262)	2,860–94,420^d	87	70^c; 90^d

Notes.

Pieterse (1997).

Garner (2007).

Milton & Hall (1981).

Donald (1959) cited in Milton & Hall (1981).

Geldenhuys (1994).

Phillips (1926).

V. capensis was also included in literature searches as V. divaricata and Virgilia oroboides were both referred to as V. capensis prior to taxonomic revision.

To enable comparison with the literature, our seed counts were converted to seed numbers m⁻².

Table 2. Seed bank densities (seeds m−2) and viability (%) of Virgilia divaricata, Acacia mearnsii, and A. melanoxylon recorded in this study and compared to seed bank densities reported in literature.

Table 2. Seed bank densities (seeds m⁻²) and viability (%) of Virgilia divaricata, Acacia mearnsii, and A. melanoxylon recorded in this study and compared to seed bank densities reported in literature.