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Table 3 Biomass of tree components (kg/tree) of different plantations

From: Carbon storage in biomass, litter, and soil of different plantations in a semiarid temperate region of northwest China

Tree species

Tree component

Total tree

Leaf

Branch

Trunk

Root

Larix gmelinii

2.1 ± 0.2 (5.7)

6.6 ± 0.6 (17.6)

13.5 ± 1.8 (45.4)

10.3 ± 0.8 (27.3)

37.5 ± 4.2c

Pinus tabuliformis

6.1 ± 0.4 (7.1)

15.0 ± 1.7 (17.4)

47.9 ± 3.4 (55.8)

16.8 ± 1.6 (19.6)

85.7 ± 7.9a

Picea crassifolia

4.0 ± 0.1 (5. 9)

25.2 ± 0.6 (36. 9)

24.2 ± 1.0 (35.6)

14.8 ± 0.5 (21.7)

68.2 ± 2.4b

Populus simonii

5.9 ± 0.3 (10.4)

17.0 ± 1.7 (29.9)

22.7 ± 3.1 (39.8)

13.0 ± 1.5 (22.9)

57.0 ± 6.7b

  1. Data represent the mean ± standard deviation, basing on measured tree D and H in Table 1 and the equations described in Table 2. Significant differences among plantations are indicated with lowercase letters (α = 0.05). Values in brackets are percentages of component biomass to the total tree biomass
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Annals of Forest Science

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