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Table 1 Classification of six major categories of foliar litter in the study site of the Tibetan Plateau

From: Climate, plant organs and species control dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus in fresh litter in a subalpine forest on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Plant species

Life form

Leaf phenology

Arboreal

Shrub

Evergreen

Deciduous

A. faxoniana

√

–

√

–

P. asperata

√

–

√

–

C. conadenia

√

–

–

√

C. pleiocerasus

√

–

–

√

S. paraplesia

–

√

–

√

R. omeiensis

–

√

–

√