Acacia sieberiana Effects on Soil Properties and Plant Diversity in Songa Pastures, Rwanda

Table 2

Acacia sieberiana crown architecture: crown diameter (𝐾), total tree height (𝐻_TOT), height from the ground to the crown base (𝐻_CB), height from the ground to the branch tip (𝐻_BT), branch length (𝐿_Br), branch internode length (𝐿_𝐼), and the number of internodes/branch (𝑁_𝐼) in Songa pastures, southern Rwanda.

Tree no.	Branch no.	𝐾 (m)	𝐻Tot (m)	𝐻CB (m)	𝐻BT (m)	𝐿Br (m)	𝐿𝐼 (m)	𝑁𝐼
1	1	24.6	6.1	5.1	0.9	15.2	1.1	15
	2				1.5	11.5	0.6	18
	3				2.2	12.8	1.0	16
	4				2.0	12.6	0.6	20
2	1	27.2	8.1	3.0	1.3	15.7	1.1	16
	2				5.2	15.8	0.9	18
	3				5.3	12.5	0.9	18
	4				3.1	9.7	0.5	20
3	1	24	7.8	1.0	2.6	13.1	1.0	19
	2				1.5	15.7	1.0	19
	3				1.4	14.4	1.0	18
	4				1.7	15.8	0.9	17
4	1	26.9	6.9	4.4	2.1	15.0	0.8	19
	2				1.3	11.4	0.6	18
	3				1.6	10.3	0.5	19
	4				1.4	9.7	0.5	20
Average		25.7	7.2	3.4	2.2	18.1	13.2	0.8
Range		24.0–27.2	6.1–8.1	1–5.1	0.9–5.3	9.1–15.8	0.5–1.1	15–20