The Influences of Canopy Species and Topographic Variables on Understory Species Diversity and Composition in Coniferous Forests

Table 2

Species identified as significant indicators of spruce or juniper coniferous forests, based on indicator species analysis.

Forest type	Indicator species	Indicator value	𝑃
Spruce forest	Carex kansuensis Nelmes	0.648	0.013
Juniper forest	Potentilla parvifolia Fisch. ap. Lehm.	0.709	0.003
	Kobresia myosuroides (Villars) Fiori	0.545	0.002
	Potentilla saundersiana Royle	0.364	0.023
	Saussurea japonica (Thunb.) DC.	0.273	0.047
	Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.	0.505	0.002
	Anemone cathayensis Kitag.	0.364	0.023
	Ranunculus tanguticus (Maxim.) Ovcz.	0.636	0.001
	Elymus nutans Griseb.	0.364	0.019