Research Article
Vegetation Productivity/Stability and Other Possible Ecological Invariant Relationships Demonstrated in a Microplot Multispecies Pasture Sward
Table 1
Taxa-species used, their seed weight, germination, and relative size of plants (cf. grand mean of all plants = 100) prior to first defoliation.
| Code | Taxa-species | Weight (mg) | Germination (%) | Size (%) |
| A | Chicory(Cichoriumintybus) | 1.2 | 54 | 516 | B | Prairie grass (Bromuswilldenowii) | 11.6 | 87 | 235 | C | Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) | 2.5 | 85 | 310 | D | Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) | 2.2 | 91 | 248 | E | Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) A | 2.3 | 89 | 192 | F | B | 2.1 | 97 | 158 | G | Berseem clover (Trifoliumalexandrinum) | 2.7 | 77 | 123 | H | Red clover (T. pratense) | 3.3 | 93 | 122 | I | Sheep’sburnett (Sanguisorba minor) | 8.9 | 74 | 100 | J | Phalaris (Phalaris aquatica) | 1.8 | 47 | 51 | K | Perenniallupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) | 22.3 | 47 | 102 | L | Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) | 1.2 | 98 | 57 | M | Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus) | 0.3 | 83 | 51 | N | Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) | 1.1 | 96 | 46 | O | Tall fescue (Schedonorus phoenix) | 2.3 | 79 | 39 | P | White clover (Trifolium repens) | 0.5 | 91 | 36 | Q | Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) | 1.0 | 60 | 34 | R | Caucasian clover (Trifolium ambiguum) | 2.1 | 20 | 51 | S | Lotus (Lotus pedunculatus) | 0.8 | 81 | 27 | T | Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) | 15.3 | 28 | 13 |
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