Variation in leaf anatomy, vascular traits and nanomechanical cell-wall properties among European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) provenances

Table 1 List of provenances with geographical coordinates and sample sizes used for measurements of structural and physiological traits

No.	Name	Country	long		lat		elev	leaf	vascular	cell wall	gas	chl fluo	therm
3	Picardie	FR	3°	06′	49°	15′	140	4	4	3	4	4
5	Bretagne	FR	1°	09′	48°	22′	180	4	4	3	4	4
12	Gruenewald	NL	6°	12′	49°	40′	400	4	4		4	4	4
15	Elspeet	NL	5°	48′	52°	17′	33	4	3			4
23	Torup	SE	13°	12′	55°	34′	40	4	4			4	4
26	Farchau	DE	10°	40′	53°	39′	55	4	4		4	4	4
30	Belzig	DE	12°	25′	52°	03′	140	4	4	3	4	4	4
35	Hinterstoder	AT	14°	06′	47°	43′	1250	4	4	3	4	4	3
36	Eisenerz	AT	14°	51′	47°	32′	1100	4	4	3	4	4	4
39	Jaworze	PL	19°	10′	49°	50′	450	4	3		4	4	3
43	Jawornik	PL	22°	49′	49°	15′	900	4	4		4	4	4
50	Janov-Načetín	CZ	13°	15′	50°	34′	800	4	4	3		4
55	Postojna Javor	SI	14°	21′	45°	44′	1040	4	4	3	3	3
62	Aarberg	CH	7°	15′	47°	02′	530	4	4			3
67	Bilowo	PL	18°	10′	54°	20′	250	4	4	3		4	4

Growth and phenology were scored exhaustively
long, longitude; lat, latitude; elev, elevation (m a.s.l.); leaf, leaf structural traits; vascular, vascular traits; cell wall, nanomechanical properties of cell walls; gas, gasometry; chl fluo, chlorophyll a fluorescence; therm, PSII thermostability

ISSN: 1297-966X