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Table 2 The seed loss rate the 16 species on the four slopes at the three simulated rainfall intensities

From: Seed morphology characteristics in relation to seed loss by water erosion in the Loess Plateau

Species

Seed loss rate (%)

 

50 mm h -1

100 mm h -1

150 mm h -1

 

10°

15°

20°

25°

10°

15°

20°

25°

10°

15°

20°

25°

HA

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

60.00

73.33

65.00

80.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

BB

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

20.00

0.00

5.00

10.00

45.00

60.00

24.00

25.00

DM

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

CF

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

10.00

13.33

10.00

0.00

50.00

75.00

56.00

60.00

LD

0.00

0.00

0.00

10.00

80.00

86.67

75.00

70.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

PS

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

70.00

73.33

70.00

60.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

DC

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

40.00

60.00

25.00

30.00

95.00

85.00

68.00

75.00

BI

0.00

10.00

0.00

0.00

70.00

66.67

80.00

50.00

100.00

100.00

96.00

90.00

RP

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

10.00

20.00

15.00

30.00

55.00

100.00

76.00

80.00

RC

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

30.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

65.00

75.00

64.00

60.00

CM

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

20.00

50.00

44.00

60.00

PH

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

30.00

33.33

20.00

20.00

75.00

70.00

56.00

60.00

AS

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

SV

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

60.00

73.33

25.00

70.00

90.00

80.00

80.00

70.00

PO

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

20.00

26.67

25.00

20.00

90.00

70.00

84.00

85.00

RX

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Average

0.00

0.63

0.00

0.63

31.25

32.92

25.94

27.50

61.56

66.56

59.25

60.31

  1. Species: HA - Heteropappus altaicus; BB - Bidens bipinnata; DM - Dracocephalum moldavica; CF - Clematis florida; LD - Lespedeza davurica; PS - Periploca sepium; DC - Daucus carota; BI - Bothriochloa ischaemun; RP - Robinia psendoacacia; RC - Rubia cordifolia; CM - Cotoneaster multiflorus; PH - Patrinia heterophylla, SV - Sophora viciifolia; PO - Platycladus orientalis; AS - Armeniaca sibiriea; RX - Rosa xanthina