Table 5 Taxon-specific responses of putative disturbance-sensitive and potentially recalcitrant species to regeneration treatments

 Athyrium filix-femina

1.12

0.55

1.11

1.27

0.7947

 Circeae alpina

0.37

0.23

0.26

0.06

0.7173

 Coptis trifolia

4.96

6.52

3.69

2.65

0.5869

 Cypripedium acaule

0.64

0.70

0.59

0.18

0.6244

 Dryopteris spinulosa

31.46 a

27.94 a

26.28 a

11.03 b

0.0154

 Lycopodium spp.

1.97

1.20

1.66

1.09

0.8245

 Monotropa uniflora

0.42 a

0.47 a

0.58 a

0.13 b

0.0016

 Oxalis acetosella ssp. montana

15.40

9.61

11.79

6.01

0.0849

 Acer spicatum

25.41

29.27

27.51

21.15

0.6159

 Corylus cornuta

5.52

5.32

5.14

6.71

0.9206

 Populus tremuloides

0.05

0.01

0.36

0.44

0.1056

 Prunus pensylvanica

0.04 b

0.29 b

2.24 a

3.56 a

0.0441

 Pteridium aquilinum

1.25

1.20

0.40

0.42

0.6335

 Rubus idaeus

0.41 b

0.44 b

3.52 a

2.83 a

0.0370