Composition and hydrothermal pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification performance of grasses and legumes from a mixed-species prairie

Table 1 Anatomical composition of tested species^a

Plant part	Anatomical component mass fraction, %
	Lupinus perennis	Schizachyrium scoparium	Poa pratensis
Stem	37.5	43.1	13.0
Leaf	49.3	18.3	68.3
Petiole	13.3	-	-
Sheath	-	25.2	16.3
Flowers	-	13.1	2.4

^aMass fraction of major anatomical components for the three species examined in this study, L. perennis (LP), S. scoparium (SS), and P. pratensis (PP). LP included the stem, petiole and leaf, while SS and PP were divided into the stem, sheath, leaf, and flower. Each of these components was weighed to determine its anatomical mass fraction.

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