Facilitation of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) Seedling Establishment by Pinus virginiana in Mine Restoration

Table 1

Comparison among habitat types (C = center, FE = forest edge, P = pine plots) of the following soil characteristics: cation exchange capacity (CEC), percent organic matter (OM), pH, and summer temperature (C). Values are expressed as means ±1 SE. Means sharing common letters do not significantly differ at 𝛼=0.05 to Tukey's HSD. Analyses based on data transformed by square root.

Treatment	Summer temp (C)	CEC	OM (%)	pH
C	38.08 ± 1.02^a	33.61±0.52^a	2.88±0.42^a,b	2.82±0.07^a
FE	33.18±1.59^b	31.31±0.98^a	3.44±0.42^a	2.90±0.19^a
P	35.69±0.86^b	31.86±0.76^a	1.33±0.21^b	3.10±0.06^a