Leaf area of the whole plant (LA), leaf area index (LAI), average lamina size (LS), number of leaves per plant (N°L), crown diameter (CD), and height of plants (HP), of six shrub species planted in a field near a heavily polluted road (Exp. 3). Values are means ± SD. ANOVA tests (A) of differences between species are also included.
| V. lucidum | A. unedo | P. × fraseri | L. nobilis | E. × ebbingei | L. japonicum | F | P | |||||||||||||
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| Mean | SD | A | Mean | SD | A | Mean | SD | A | Mean | SD | A | Mean | SD | A | Mean | SD | A | |||
| LA (m2) | 5.01 | 0.67 | bc | 3.99 | 0.39 | ab | 5.58 | 1.58 | c | 2.9 | 0.24 | a | 9.43 | 0.68 | d | 3.87 | 0.56 | ab | 24.3 | 0.00 |
| LAI | 5.43 | 1.12 | c | 3.9 | 0.97 | a | 5.32 | 0.88 | c | 4.47 | 1.26 | b | 6.9 | 1.14 | d | 4.15 | 1.08 | ab | 17.6 | 0.00 |
| LS (cm2) | 31.9 | 5.66 | c | 10.5 | 2.68 | a | 19.5 | 1.45 | b | 20.8 | 4.17 | b | 12.6 | 1.49 | a | 17.3 | 2.04 | b | 31.6 | 0.00 |
| N°L | 1608 | 265 | ab | 3967 | 898 | d | 2876 | 226 | c | 1443 | 271 | a | 7611 | 1045 | e | 2268 | 284 | bc | 88.1 | 0.00 |
| CD | 102 | 7.06 | d | 93.1 | 6.45 | c | 102 | 13.2 | d | 71.6 | 12.2 | a | 108 | 11.7 | d | 81.5 | 14.4 | b | 25.2 | 0.00 |
| HP | 146 | 16.8 | b | 136 | 11.5 | a | 194 | 28.7 | e | 166 | 9.99 | cd | 170 | 31.8 | d | 162 | 24.9 | c | 13.4 | 0.00 |