Environmental variables vis-a-vis distribution of herbaceous tracheophytes on northern sub-slopes in Western Himalayan ecotone

Ecological Processes

Table 2 Environmental variables at different sites among three communities

Site communities		pH of the soil	Moisture contents of soil (in %)	Electrical conductivity of soil (in simens/m)	Steepness of the mountain (in angle)
I	F	6.1	36.5	0.016	63
	E	6.7	33	0.024	60
	G	7.4	15	0.036	18
II	F	6.4	39	0.015	79
	E	6.4	35	0.018	80.2
	G	7.2	16	0.04	78.6
III	F	6.5	37	0.008	78
	E	6.6	33	0.135	62.2
	G	7.5	15.5	0.038	48
IV	F	6.4	35	0.046	6.9
	E	6.7	34	0.053	20.5
	G	6.9	20.5	72	47.2