Large Planting Stock Type and Mechanical Release Effects on the Establishment Success of Picea glauca Plantations in Quebec, Canada

Table 2

ANOVA results for competing vegetation variables.

Species group^1	Percent cover		Modal height
	F-value	Prob. > 𝐹^2	F-value	Prob. > 𝐹^1
Hardwood
Vegetation management (VM)	34.40	<0.001	55.53	<0.001
Site (S)	9.25	<0.001	5.18	0.004
VM × S	0.90	0.536	0.73	0.679
Fern
Vegetation management (VM)	11.61	<0.001	5.73	0.002
Site (S)	19.39	<0.001	24.76	<0.001
VM × S	1.49	0.180	1.53	0.167
Herbaceous
Vegetation management (VM)	5.88	0.002	0.33	0.801
Site (S)	3.76	0.017	4.63	0.006
VM × S	3.80	0.001	0.80	0.622
Non commercial
Vegetation management (VM)	33.92	<0.001	7.89	<0.001
Site (S)	13.39	<0.001	3.04	0.038
VM × S	1.76	0.100	1.40	0.216
Conifer
Vegetation management (VM)	13.88	<0.001	5.35	0.003
Site (S)	4.78	0.005	5.14	0.004
VM × S	1.24	0.291	0.62	0.771

¹See Table 1 for a detailed description of each vegetation group.
²Values in bold are for interpretation.