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

Table 7 SC storage and sequestration rates of different plantations

Tree species	Plantation	Abandoned land	SC sequestration rate
Tree species	(t C/ha)	(t C/ha)	(t C/ha/year)
Larix gmelinii	342 ± 26b	395 ± 87	−1.16
Pinus tabuliformis	167 ± 21d	341 ± 96	−9.86
Picea crassifolia	411 ± 24a	263 ± 36	3.08
Populus simonii	283 ± 1c	67 ± 13	8.32

Data represent the mean ± standard deviation. Significant differences among plantations are indicated with lowercase letters (α = 0.05)

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