Table 6.

Correlation between height and various water use characteristics for Quercus macrocarpa, Q. palustris, and Q. rubra seedlings in QMI Lag-3 to 4 growth stage (experiment 4).

Species	Family	n	Correlation^{^z}
Species	Family	n	1	2	3
Q. macrocarpa	25	84	0.63^{^y}	−0.02	−0.63
Q. macrocarpa	34	93	0.59	−0.13	−0.81
All families		177	0.44	0.05	−0.66
Q. palustris	20	98	0.72	−0.53	−0.89
	28	96	0.56	0.18	−0.65
	30	76	0.52	0.18	−0.66
All families		250	0.59	0.20	−0.55
Q. rubra	21	86	0.59	−0.16	−0.82
	22	70	0.77	−0.37	−0.80
	23	93	0.68	−0.20	−0.79
	24	47	0.82	−0.18	−0.68
	26	63	0.65	−0.06	−0.71
	27	98	0.38	0.12	−0.78
	29	81	0.71	−0.07	−0.70
	31	75	0.76	−0.21	−0.74
	32	89	0.17	−0.26	−0.81
	33	92	0.72	−0.42	−0.84
	35	80	0.62	−0.26	−0.50
All families		895	0.47	−0.19	−0.62

↵^z Correlations: 1 = height with g water use seedling⁻¹ cm ET⁻¹ day⁻¹; 2 = g water use seedling⁻¹ cm ET¹ day⁻¹ with g water use cm⁻¹ height cm ET¹ day⁻¹; 3 = height with g water use cm⁻¹ height cm ET¹ day⁻¹.
↵^y Correlation coefficients in bold are significant at the 0.05 level.