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Heathland Restoration Techniques: Ecological Consequences for Plant-Soil and Plant-Animal Interactions

Table 3

Mean % abundance per treatment of vascular plant species. Only species that occurred in >10% of the quadrats are listed here. H= Kruskal-Wallis test statistic.
Species  Treatment  HP
ControlElemental sulphurSoil strippedHeathland
Achillea millefolium 15.00.01.30.0 32.8 <0.001
Agrostis cepilleris 7.614.38.511.2 3.6 0.310
Anthoxanthum odoratum 3.82.03.20.0 7.7 0.053
Bromus mollis 2.30.00.50.0 18.1 <0.001
Calluna vulgaris 0.065.05.179.5 34.2 <0.001
Dectylis glomerata 8.20.01.60.0 27.3 <0.001
Elymus repens 24.00.01.50.0 33.1 <0.001
Festuca rubra 4.30.02.30.0 19.9 <0.001
Holcus lanatus 13.72.710.22.2 19.3 <0.001
Hypochoeris radicata 2.30.02.40.3 19.7 <0.001
Lolium perenne 29.50.02.30.0 32.4 <0.001
Plantago lanceolata 5.30.25.50.0 29.3 <0.001
Ranunculus repens 3.30.02.40.0 18.2 <0.001
Rumex acetocella 0.38.57.35.2 18.9 <0.001
Senecio jacobaea 1.80.01.00.0 11.5 0.009
Trifolium repens 3.40.03.00.0 20.0 <0.001