Vegetation Effects on Bacteria and Denitrifier Abundance in the Soils of Two Tidal Freshwater Wetlands in Virginia

Table 2

Plant characteristics for June sampling reported as mean and standard errors.

Site	Plant	Root biomass (gDW plant^−1)	Aboveground biomass (gDW plant^−1)	C : N for aboveground biomass
Rice	Juncus	235 (72)^A	142 (23)^A	54.6 (11.8)^A
	Peltandra	193 (49)^A	53 (21)^B	18.9 (1.8)^B
	Typha	41 (6)^B	74 (7)^B	27.4 (3.5)^B
James	Juncus	238 (39)^A	127 (70)^A	36.4 (7.2)^A
	Peltandra	372 (60)^A	54 (12)^B	25.1 (2.6)^B
	Typha	32 (10)^B	68 (8)^B	24.2 (2.2)^B

Two-factor ANOVA revealed significant differences across plant species, reported using uppercase letters, but no differences across sites.