Botanical Studies

Table 1 Soil physicochemical characteristics and particle-size distribution at 0–10 cm depth in different vegetation soils

From: ¹³C NMR spectroscopy characterization of particle-size fractionated soil organic carbon in subalpine forest and grassland ecosystems

Soil	Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)	pH (H₂O)	TOC^a	TN^b	C/N	CEC^c (cmole kg⁻¹)	BS^d (%)
Soil	Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)	pH (H₂O)	(g kg⁻¹)		C/N	CEC^c (cmole kg⁻¹)	BS^d (%)
Forest	65.2	17.9	16.9	3.8	145.0	9.7	14.9	18.3	3.0
Transition	63.3	18.8	17.9	4.0	96.0	5.9	16.2	17.0	1.4
Grassland	46.0	27.6	26.4	3.8	97.0	5.6	17.4	16.7	2.9

^aTotal organic carbon
^bTotal nitrogen
^cCation exchangeable capacity
^dBase saturation

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