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Plant diversity in a Central African rain forest: Implications for biodiversity conservation in Cameroon
Annex 2. Soil characteristics including soil type, drainage, parent material, surface stone, topsoil texture (0-10 cm), pH (water) and electricity conductivity (EC,
mS.cm -1 ) taken at 0-10 cm, 10-20 cm, 30-20 cm and > 50 cm depths respectively in 72 representative samples.
No Plot Soil type Drainage Parent material Surface stone Topsoil texture pH10 EC10 pH20 EC20 pH30 EC30 pH50 EC50
1 T21 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Gneiss Gravels & stones Sandy loam 3.92 237.6 4.10 38.6 4.12 29.8 4.40 24.9
2 EFOU1 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite Gravel, stones & boulders Sandy clay loam 4.41 84.7 4.41 68.2 4.77 36.3 4.67 30.8
3 EFOU2 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite Stones & boulders Sandy loam 4.38 102.3 4.49 90.2 4.82 52.8 4.75 40.7
4 EFOU3 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite No stones or gravels Sandy clay loam 3.89 190.3 4.22 110.0 4.33 60.5 4.50 41.8
5 EFOU4 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite No stones or gravels Sandy clay loam 4.24 58.3 4.47 53.9 4.70 37.4 4.57 37.4
6 T32 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, quartzite Gravels Sandy loam 4.00 106.7 3.94 34.2 4.16 23.1 4.41 19.9
7 T34 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, quartzite Gravel & stones Coarse sandy 4.16 88.0 3.96 41.9 3.95 33.1 4.34 21.5
8 T35 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Stones Loam coarse sandy 3.97 61.6 3.82 32.0 3.46 29.8 4.10 20.2
9 T51 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Stones Sandy clay loam 4.52 63.8 4.55 34.1 4.65 29.7 4.68 20.9
10 T53 Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Gravels Clay loam 4.88 122.1 4.22 58.3 4.32 47.3 4.52 33.0
11 T55 Xanthic Ferrasols Moderately well drained Migmatite Gravels Sandy clay loam 4.14 97.9 4.45 41.8 4.65 25.3 4.54 34.1
12 T22 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Gneiss Gravels Sandy clay loam 4.00 144.1 3.92 61.6 3.97 40.7 4.01 33.0
13 T25 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Gneiss Gravels Sandy clay loam 4.56 188.1 3.62 51.8 4.20 41.3 4.31 30.7
14 T41 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Stones Loam coarse sandy 3.49 78.1 3.49 61.6 3.55 44.1 4.01 32.6
15 T43 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Boulders Sandy clay loam 3.99 52.8 4.04 58.2 4.05 41.8 4.00 31.9
16 T4FP1 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Quartzite Stones Coarse sandy loam 4.03 62.7 4.16 62.7 3.48 45.1 4.04 35.2
17 T81 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Quartzite Stones Loam medium sand 3.45 86.9 4.14 42.9 4.09 29.8 4.10 19.6
18 T82 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, quartzite Stones Sandy clay loam 5.17 106.7 4.88 55.0 4.98 23.1 4.89 20.0
19 T8FP1 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Gravel & stones Loam medium sand 4.38 97.9 4.13 71.5 4.88 26.5 4.42 23.1
20 T61 Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Boulders Sandy clay loam 5.09 113.3 4.80 51.7 4.87 30.8 4.94 25.3
21 T62 Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Stones Clay loam 4.36 85.8 4.50 40.5 4.51 33.0 4.74 25.3
22 T63 Xanthic Ferrasols Moderately well drained Migmatite Gravel, stones & boulders Clay loam 4.91 77.0 4.92 31.9 4.85 25.3 4.98 24.2
23 T64 Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Stones Clay loam 4.10 105.6 4.38 55.0 4.53 37.4 4.72 23.1
24 T6FP1 Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Stones Sandy clay loam 4.52 82.5 4.64 37.4 4.83 34.1 4.76 26.4
25 T6FP2 Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite Gravels Loamy sand 4.46 70.4 4.54 49.5 4.76 31.9 4.82 24.2
26 T1FP1 Plinthic Ferrasols Well drained Gneiss No stones or gravels Loamy sand 3.80 169.4 3.88 59.4 3.99 34.3 4.12 24.2
27 EGON1 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, gneiss Stones Loam medium sand 3.88 240.9 4.20 137.5 4.28 97.9 4.59 39.6
28 EGON3 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, gneiss Gravel & boulders Loamy sand 4.09 192.5 4.31 81.4 4.53 53.9 4.64 50.6
29 EGON5 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite No stones or gravels Sandy clay loam 3.87 145.2 4.00 102.3 4.06 91.3 4.32 69.3
30 EGON6 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite No stones or gravels Loam medium sand 4.00 181.5 4.28 132.0 4.41 63.8 4.62 44.0
31 EGON7 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite Gravel & stones Loam coarse sandy 4.11 184.8 4.20 139.7 4.34 83.6 5.06 37.4
32 EGON8 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite No stones or gravels Loamy sand 3.71 222.2 3.94 172.7 4.33 84.7 4.33 68.2
33 EGON9 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite No stones or gravels Sandy clay loam 3.67 213.4 3.98 143.3 4.26 56.1 4.37 46.2
34 EGON10 Acri-Xanthic Ferrasols & Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite, granite No stones or gravels Coarse sand 4.22 97.9 4.46 58.3 4.56 41.8 4.88 34.1
35 NSE1 Xanthic Ferrasols Well drained Migmatite No stones or gravels Loam medium sand 3.45 83.6 3.58 59.4 3.54 40.7 3.67 31.8
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