Table 1.

Trait means (± s.d.) by species

	Trait	T 50	WHC	Specific thallus mass	Light interception (ground level)	Light interception (mid level)	Height	Albedo
	Units	h	g cm–2	g cm–2	Unitless	Unitless	cm	Unitless
	Total n	65	65	65	65	65	715	130
Species or mixture	aloc	2.4 ± 0.6	0.15 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.02	0.73 ± 0.18	0.23 ± 0.12	9.5 ± 2.6	0.17 ± 0.01
	aloc + flni	3.8 ± 1.2	0.24 ± 0.05	0.09 ± 0.02	0.97 ± 0.03	0.67 ± 0.11	7.9 ± 1.6	0.17 ± 0.02
	bena	2.6 ± 0.8	0.04 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.75 ± 0.12	0.35 ± 0.14	17.6 ± 7.6	0.03 ± 0.01
	bena + aloc	1.9 ± 0.2	0.11 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01	0.87 ± 0.05	0.66 ± 0.13	11.3 ± 3.2	0.08 ± 0.02
	bena + clst	5.7 ± 0.8	0.28 ± 0.08	0.12 ± 0.02	0.96 ± 0.06	0.92 ± 0.04	16.4 ± 5.1	0.13 ± 0.03
	brdi	5.9 ± 1.0	0.19 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01	0.99 ± 0.01	0.73 ± 0.16	7.1 ± 2.3	0.01 ± 0.00
	clar	10.3 ± 2.2	0.46 ± 0.06	0.15 ± 0.02	0.97 ± 0.02	0.90 ± 0.08	8.2 ± 2.0	0.24 ± 0.03
	clra	7.1 ± 1.1	0.51 ± 0.17	0.15 ± 0.05	1.00 ± 0.00	0.81 ± 0.06	9.2 ± 3.4	0.09 ± 0.01
	clst	6.8 ± 2.5	0.48 ± 0.10	0.14 ± 0.03	1.00 ± 0.01	0.60 ± 0.17	9.5 ± 2.4	0.28 ± 0.05
	flni	5.1 ± 1.0	0.40 ± 0.05	0.12 ± 0.02	0.98 ± 0.02	0.94 ± 0.05	5.7 ± 1.4	0.26 ± 0.04
	stpa	11.9 ± 2.2	0.59 ± 0.05	0.20 ± 0.03	0.96 ± 0.04	0.94 ± 0.02	5.9 ± 1.1	0.16 ± 0.03
	stpa + clst	12.2 ± 2.5	0.72 ± 0.14	0.23 ± 0.03	0.95 ± 0.06	0.88 ± 0.04	7.7 ± 1.9	0.19 ± 0.03
	trio	6.4 ± 2.1	0.35 ± 0.09	0.12 ± 0.02	0.98 ± 0.05	0.81 ± 0.04	7.9 ± 2.4	0.14 ± 0.04

Evaporation T₅₀, water-holding capacity (WHC), specific thallus (or vegetative) mass, ground- and mid-level light interception, height above ground and albedo (for each of the 13 species and mixtures, n = 5 except height, where n = 55, and albedo, where n = 10).

For species abbreviations, see the Materials and Methods.