Research Article

Spontaneous Hybridization between Pinus mugo and Pinus sylvestris at the Lithuanian Seaside: A Morphological Survey

Table 5

The species means and standard errors (SE) for the needle traits. P. mugo: 40 needles from 4 trees were studied; P. sylvestris: 240 needles from 24 trees; H M × S: putative hybrids P. mugo × P. sylvestris (group B in Table 2): 110 needles from 11 trees; H S × M: hybrids P. sylvestris × P. mugo (group A; 80 needles from 8 trees).

SpeciesROwABAXSeROWADAXSeSTOMR1STOMR2STOMEANSeROWINDEXSe

P. mugo8.40.276.60.2047.548.848.20.51.310.04
P. sylvestris8.50.158.20.1454.655.154.80.41.060.02
H S × M (group A)8.80.217.90.2152.952.852.80.71.140.02
H M × S (group B)8.80.187.60.2252.452.752.60.51.210.03

ROWABAX and ROWADAX-number of stomata rows on abaxial (curvy) and adaxial (flat) needle surface; STOMR1 and STOMR2: number of stomata per 5 mm interval in row 1 and row 2; STOMEAN: mean of STOMR1 and STOMR2; ROWINDEX: stomata row index = ROWABAX/ROWADAX.