Elevational Patterns of Plant Richness in the Taibai Mountain, China

Table 1

Empirical species richness estimates for different elevational bands in Taibai Mountain.

Altitudinal band (m)	Bryophyte	Fern	Seed plants	Overall plants
800	20	24	14	58
900	28	29	80	137
1000	39	43	254	336
1100	52	42	319	413
1200	64	54	766	884
1300	81	61	767	909
1400	92	66	692	850
1500	111	73	656	840
1600	112	61	637	810
1700	122	61	611	794
1800	138	57	607	802
1900	139	51	593	783
2000	141	52	625	818
2100	132	43	501	676
2200	134	40	510	684
2300	132	40	504	676
2400	114	36	421	571
2500	120	38	415	573
2600	112	28	337	477
2700	115	29	304	448
2800	99	28	316	443
2900	93	22	222	337
3000	94	21	236	351
3100	91	9	178	278
3200	70	8	170	248
3300	56	4	127	187
3400	44	4	120	168
3500	40	4	145	189
3600	29	1	84	114
3700	1	1	64	66
All bands pooled	257	110	1491	1858