Assessment of Nutrient Limitation in Floodplain Forests with Two Different Techniques

Table 1

Soil and litter chemistry attributes for the three floodplain forest plots in the Chickasawatchee Wildlife Management Area. Values are means with ranges in parentheses.

Attribute	Amount
Soils
Extractable PO4-P (𝜇g/g)	1.0 (0.7-1.3)
Total N (%)	0.07 (0.06-0.08)
Total C (%)	1.6 (1.3-1.9)
pH	5.0 (4.2-5.4)
Litter
P concentration (%)	0.04 (0.03-0.05)
N concentration (%)	0.80 (0.67-0.98)
C concentration (%)	49.8 (49.2-50.8)
N  :P ratios	19.1 (16.1-21.7)
C : N ratios	63.7 (50.0-76.0)