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Table 3 Plant species comprising the plota of mixed prairie species

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

Species name

Classification

Mass fraction, %

Cumulative mass fractionb, %

Schizachyrium scoparium

C4 grass

31.5

31.5

Lupinus perennis

Legume

27.3

58.8

Andropogon gerardii

C4 grass

14.7

73.5

Poa pratensis

C3 grass

12.1

85.6

Lespedeza capitata

Legume

8.4

94.0

Monarda fistulosa

Non-leguminous forb

3.7

97.7

Sorghastrum nutans

C4 grass

1.3

99.0

Asclepias tuberosa

Non-leguminous forb

0.2

99.2

Achillea millefolium

Non-leguminous forb

0.1

99.3

Agropyron repens

C3 grass

0.1

99.4

Miscellaneous litter

-

0.8

100.2

  1. aThe plot from which these species were obtained produced 3.38 tons/hectare of fully dried aboveground harvested biomass.
  2. bCumulative mass fraction does not add up to 100.0% because of rounding.