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Table 2 Soil chemical and physical properties of study sites

From: Comparison of soil bacterial communities in a natural hardwood forest and coniferous plantations in perhumid subtropical low mountains

Property

Hardwood

Calocedrus

Cryptomeria

pH

4.0

3.8

3.9

Organic C (g kg-1)

61.5

60.8

52.7

Total N (g kg-1)

5.0

5.1

4.4

C/N

12.3

12.0

12.0

CECa (cmol(+) kg-1)

26.0

23.2

22.5

Base saturation (%)

2.4

3.2

11.6

Sand (%)

3.2

5.1

6.6

Silt (%)

43.5

45.3

45.0

Clay (%)

53.3

49.7

48.4

Soil group

Dystrudept

Dystrudept

Dystrudept

  1. aCation exchange capacity.