Facilitative and Inhibitory Effect of Litter on Seedling Emergence and Early Growth of Six Herbaceous Species in an Early Successional Old Field Ecosystem

Table 1

Habitat, life form, family, mass per seed (mg), and germinating capacity of each species included in the study.

Habitat	Life form	Species	The start time of seed ripening and falling	Mass per seed; (mg)	Germinating capacity (%)
Grassland	Perennial	P. tenuiflora	Early July	0.562 ± 0.052	82
	Perennial	L. davurica	Late August	2.053 ± 0.044	86
Old field	Perennial	S. brachyotus	Mid-August	1.138 ± 0.017	94
	Annual	A. theophrasti	Mid-August	8.799 ± 0.125	92
	Annual	C. glaucum	Mid-August	0.475 ± 0.028	92
Grassland, old field	Annual	C. virgata	Early July	0.337 ± 0.012	84