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Table 2 Wood characters in the 6-years stems of Heptacodium miconioides harvested in 2021 year

From: The adjustment of China endemic Heptacodium miconioides Rehd. to temperate zone of Poland

Trait

Average of the number vessels / 1 mm2

Average of vessels area (µm2)

Average of vessels diameter (µm)

Width of wood layer (µm)

1 ring (2016)

 Metaxylem

274.8 c ± 5.3

991.4 a ± 9.8

33.1 bcd ± 1.4

116.9 c ± 7.6

 Secondary xylem

234.7 d ± 4.4

450.3 d ± 16.6

25.9 def ± 1.8

330.8 a ± 28.1

2 ring (2017)

 Early wood

342.8 b ± 6.3

465.7 d ± 10.6

38.0 abc ± 1.9

121.2 c ± 2.8

 Late wood

236.0 d ± 9.6

420.8 de ± 8.6

26.5 def ± 1.3

323.7 a ± 11.2

3 ring (2018)

 Early wood

285.8 c ± 2.7

682.1 b ± 8.4

44.1 a ± 1.8

77.1 c ± 2.5

 Late wood

157.8 gh ± 3.4

418.8 de ± 7.7

34.6 bcd ± 1.8

204.8 b ± 4.8

4 ring (2019)

 Early wood

178.3 f ± 2.9

449.3 d ± 5.1

43.9 a ± 3.7

103.6 c ± 6.6

 Late wood

144.8 h ± 5.4

378.7 e ± 8.2

39.9 ab ± 3.1

184.1 b ± 3.7

5 ring (2020)

 Early wood

272.7 c ± 2.7

672.4 b ± 10.5

32.3 bcd ± 1.5

63.1 c ± 4.6

 Late wood

166.8 fg ± 5.2

276.6 f ± 7.4

19.6 f ± 2.6

98.5 c ± 11.0

6 ring (2021)

 Early wood

361.6 a ± 7.4

510.0 c ± 6.6

29.4 cde ± 1.5

109.8 c ± 8.3

 Late wood

216.8 e ± 3.2

233.0 g ± 11.6

21.9 ef ± 2.4

64.4 c ± 3.5

  1. Different letters indicate significant differences between early and late wood features. The Newman-Keuls’s test (α = 0.05) was used