Table 2.

Percent exchangeable sodium at twelve randomly selected sites. Samples taken from grassed, lawn situations (L) and denuded, roadside locations (R).

Compact DeclineCompact Non-declineNon-compact DeclineNon-compact Non-decline
0-1515-300-1515-300-1515-300-1515-30
No.TypecmcmNo.TypecmcmNo.TypecmcmNo.Typecmcm
1L0.60.712L1.42.321L0.50.632L0.22.0
L0.40.9L1.61.8L0.40.6L0.30.4
L0.60.6L2.65.8R3.42.5R0.20.7
L0.71.2L2.14.9R2.92.1R0.40.8
5L1.61.217L2.72.422L0.50.634L0.22.5
L0.70.7L1.11.7L0.30.7L1.60.4
R2.22.2R1.42.0L0.91.4R2.93.3
R1.43.0R1.93.3R6.87.3R1.84.3
7L0.60.720L1.71.324L0.40.836L0.20.2
L1.21.0L1.72.1L0.20.3L0.50.4
L1.31.7R2.86.7R3.13.8L0.20.7
R7.514.7R3.53.9R5.25.9R1.10.9
Average lawn10.9(0.4)2.8(1.8)0.6(0.3)0.7(0.7)
Average road5.2(4.7)3.2(1.6)4.3(1.8)1.6(1.3)
  • 1 The reported values are means for the combined depths. Standard deviations are given in parenthesis.