Table 7.

Mean chemical leaf concentrations for Acer platanoides, Aesculus hippocastanum, and Betula pendula.

	g/100 g dry weight							mg/kg dry weight
	N	P	K	Ca	Mg	Na	Cl	Fe	Cu	Mn	Zn	AI
A. platanoides	2.08 a^¹	0.45 a	0.23 a	1.86 b	0.25 b	0.10 a	0.71a	108.9 a	7.07 a	892.3 a	55.5 b	110.7 a
A. hippocastanum	1.92 a	0.23 a	1.60 ab	2.29 a	0.27 ab	0.08 ab	0.54 b	106.1	7.30 a	397.3 a	28.2 b	74.6 a
B. pendula	1.41 b	0.21 a	1.31 b	1.11 c	0.32 a	0.04 b	0.18 c	121.2 a	5.93 a	772.1 a	305.9 a	156.8 a

↵1 Values followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different at P = 0.05 according to Ryan-Einot-Gabriel-Welsh (REGWQ) multiple-range test.