TABLE 1.
Initial foliage chemical characteristics of bald cypress, Chinese willow, and the mixed environments.
| Foliage type | C (%) | N (%) | P (%) | Cellulose (%) | Lignin (%) | C/N | C/P | N/P | Lignin/N |
| Bald cypress | 47.04 | 1.61 | 0.26 | 15.77 | 36.43 | 28.86 | 187.32 | 6.26 | 2.27 |
| (2.82)a | (0.13)c | (0.03)a | (2.4)b | (1.98)a | (0.53)a | (4.39)b | (0.11)c | (0.14)a | |
| Chinese willow | 42.39 | 2.01 | 0.20 | 21.65 | 23.23 | 20.09 | 209.75 | 10.23 | 1.11 |
| (0.34)c | (0.20)a | (0.03)b | (1.08)a | (2.51)b | (0.18)c | (2.07)a | (0.21)a | (0.12)b | |
| Mixtures | 45.01 | 2.00 | 0.21 | 20.53 | 24.88 | 22.92 | 213.97 | 9.31 | 1.26 |
| (0.84)b | (0.36)b | (0.03)b | (0.83)ab | (2.65)b | (0.58)b | (3.57)a | (0.16)b | (0.83)b |
Values represent means with standard deviations in parentheses (n = 12). Different lowercase letters indicate a significant difference between foliar type for the same variable at P < 0.05. C, total organic carbon; N, total nitrogen; P, total phosphorus.