State of the Population of Gladiolus imbricatus L. in a Molinia Meadow after Extensive Management and Abandonment

Table 2

Total and mean (±SD) number of individuals of Gladiolus imbricatus growing in 15 plots established within extensively used meadow (EM) and 15 plots established in unmanaged meadow (UM).

	Patch EM		Patch UM		Mann-WhitneyU test value
	Total number	Mean (±SD)	Total number	Mean (±SD)
Juvenile individuals	31	2.07 (±1.53)	94	6.27 (±4.56)	U = 50.5
Vegetative individuals	7	0.47 (±0.64)	14	0.93 (±1.28)	U = 95.5^ns
Generative individuals	37	2.47 (±1.25)	82	5.47 (±4.81)	U = 80.5^ns
All individuals	75	5.00 (±2.67)	190	12.67 (±9.26)	U = 59.0

Asterisks denote the statistical significance level: ns–not significant; , , and .