Table 3.

Ion concentrations of S. europaea shoots and roots from the two salt-affected sites in different seasons

	Site 1				Site 2
	fall 2015		spring 2016		fall 2015		spring 2016
mg.g−1	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root
Na+	No sample	2.0 ± 1.2	149 ± 25.2a	50.5 ± 6.6b#	81.4 ± 8.7a#	4.6 ± 2.8b	60.3 ± 5.9a	34.5 ± 9.2b#
K+		1.3 ± 0.8	18.2 ± 0.8a	12.4 ± 0.2b#	14.4 ± 2.0a	7.2 ± 6.0b	14.8 ± 1.9a	21.3 ± 5.0b#
Cl−		48.2 ± 27.5	240.3 ± 38.5a	85.2 ± 8.5b#	145.4 ± 15.0a	123.7 ± 30.2b#	166 ± 14.0a#	65.8 ± 13.5b
Ca+		43.3 ± 27.4#	10.4 ± 0.6b	6.6 ± 1.3b	59.0 ± 11.0a	103.0 ± 29.0b#	44.3 ± 1.3a	9.3 ± 0.8b
Mg+		9.1 ± 1.0#	2.65 ± 0.1b	1.1 ± 0.1b	2.4 ± 0.4a	13.8 ± 0.3b#	0.43 ± 0.1b	0.5 ± 0.0b

Values are a mean ± standard error (n = 9). Values labeled with “^a” and “^b” show significant differences between shoot and root. The same letters are not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05). Values marked with “#” show significant differences between organs from the two sites (p ≤ 0.05)