Table 1.
Average soil phosphorus concentrations of forest floor and mineral soil for each plot, including Bray P, inorganic P (Pi) and organic P (Po) (SE in brackets).
| Soil type | Plot | Forest floor | Mineral soil | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray P (mg kg−1) | Pi (mg kg−1) | Po (mg kg−1) | Bray P (mg kg−1) | Pi (mg kg−1) | Po (mg kg−1) | |||
| Upland Brunisol | Salt Spring | 92.6 | 279 | 890 | 53.5 (3) | 621 (38) | 179 (34) | |
| Niagara | 73.2 (2) | 211 (20) | 825 (30) | 91.6 (15) | 959 (28) | 177 (17) | ||
| Sooke | 66.4 | 262 | 593 | 68.6 (10) | 555 (138) | 138 (60) | ||
| Mt Prevost | – | – | – | 118.4 (22) | 903 (126) | 233 (25) | ||
| Upland Podzol | WC 1000 | 19.5 (1.0) | 97 (8) | 617 (72) | 1.7 (0.3) | 46 (14) | 163 (46) | |
| Fairy Lake | 20.0 (0.8) | 104 (14) | 549 (18) | 2.3 (0.4) | 51 (2) | 205 (14) | ||
| Br. 247-59 | 24.1 (2.3) | 140 (22) | 554 (11) | 2.4 (0.5) | 31 (9) | 134 (11) | ||
| Br.167-126 | 14.9 (2.3) | 103 (11) | 401 (34) | 2.3 (0.4) | 235 (23) | 290 (15) | ||
| Lowland Podzol | Br. 136 | 15.3 (1.7) | 132 (13) | 676 (119) | 3.1 (0.1) | 103 (18) | 401 (29) | |
| Br. 247-63 | 16.5 (0.3) | 59 (17) | 729 (297) | 6.2 (1.5) | 136 (10) | 416 (80) | ||
| Klanawa | 19.6 (0.7) | 132 (9) | 2256 (377) | 5.1 (1.5) | 89 (35) | 535 (35) | ||
| Br. 167-105 | 18.1 (0.8) | 128 (4) | 1860 (113) | 2.6 (0.8) | 93 (11) | 513 (18) | ||
Note some limited forest floor subsampling in Brunisols due to thin depths.