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Table 2 Biomass and carbon content in different tree species

From: Assessment of above- and belowground carbon pools in a semi-arid forest ecosystem of Delhi, India

Plant species

AGTB (Mg ha−1)

BGB (Mg ha−1)

TC (Mg ha−1)

NRF

CRF

NRF

CRF

NRF

CRF

Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.

13.03

8.03

5.28

3.52

8.7

5.49

A. modesta Wall.

0.17

–

0.10

–

0.13

–

A. nilotica (L.) Delile

–

10.25

–

4.58

–

7.04

Albizia lebbeck (L.) Bent.

2.29

–

0.96

–

1.54

–

Azadirachta indica Juss.

4.59

2.09

2.13

1.03

3.19

1.49

Bauhinia purpurea L.

0.14

–

0.09

–

0.11

–

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.

0.12

0.61

0.07

0.36

0.09

0.46

Cassia fistula L.

0.29

0.03

0.18

0.02

0.22

0.02

Cordia dichotoma G. Forst.

0.54

–

0.28

–

0.39

–

Crateva religiosa Forst.f.

0.15

–

0.09

–

0.12

–

Ficus drupacea Thunb.

–

3.07

–

1.34

–

2.09

F. racemosa L.

0.90

–

0.46

–

0.65

–

Holoptelea integrifolia Planch.

10

–

3.83

–

5.14

–

Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.

0.21

–

0.12

–

0.16

–

Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

5.70

2.12

2.52

1.14

3.9

1.55

Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC

30.22

14.17

13.72

9.98

21.09

13.62

Salvadora oleoides Decne.

0.66

4.58

0.36

2.28

0.49

3.26

Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels.

6.23

–

2.42

–

4.11

–

  1. NRF north ridge forest, CRF central ridge forest, AGTB aboveground tree biomass, BGB belowground biomass, TC tree carbon