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. 2019 Dec 11;7:e8211. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8211

Table 2. Topsoil phytolith counts per group, class, and morphotype.

Major group Phytolith class Phytolith morphotype Count
Poaceae short cell Lobate Bilobate, long concave 38
Bilobate, long convex 8
Bilobate, long flat 14
Bilobate, long notched 4
Bilobate, short concave 428
Bilobate, short convex 58
Bilobate, short flat 114
Bilobate, short notched 28
Cross 1
Polylobate 2
Rondel Rondel, horned 8
Rondel, truncated 12
Rondel, tower 475
Rondel 255
Saddle Saddle, ovate 24
Saddle, short 469
Saddle, squat 140
Blocky Blocky 879
Blocky corniculate 2
Blocky ridged 405
Blocky scrobiculate 23
Blocky sinuate 28
Blocky thick lacunate 72
Cylindrical Cylinder corniculate 3
Cylinder psilate 132
Cylinder scrobiculate 569
Cylinder sinuate 115
Cylinder thick lacunate 61
Fusiform Fusiform 11
Guttiform 68
Sclereid/Clavate Clavate 27
Sclereid 119
Spherical Globular bisected 1
Globular facetate 778
Woody Globular granulate 83
Globular granulate, large 3
Globular granulate oblong 24
Globular psilate 10
Globulose 2
Globulose segmented 1
Oblong granulate 10
Hemisphere psilate 3
Tabular Tabular corniculate 11
Tabular ellipsoidal 35
Tabular ellipsoidal, large 21
Tabular facetate 8
Tabular laminate 186
Tabular oblong 16
Tabular pilate 3
Tabular scrobiculate 2036
Tabular sinuate 918
Tabular strangulated 11
Tabular sulcate 509
Tabular thick lacunate 731
Undetermined grass Grass, undetermined Bulliform 47
Trichome 264
Rare/Unknown Composite Epidermal 3
Vessel 18
Drum Polygonal prism 2
Sedge Papillae 1
Short cell, other Trapeziform sinuate 1
Tabular undetermined Tabular 70
Tabular crenate 36
Tabular psilate 311