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Table I

Selected morphologic and phenological characters for Velling forest for 230 trees of Q. petraea and 135 of Q. robur. Data from reference populations from Jensen et al. ().

No. Petiole length No. of Basal Hairs Acorn petiole Stem diameter Flushing Flushing Male flowering Male flowering
of mm venes shape 1–6 mm cm 2003 2004 2003 2004
indv. 1–9 6 = many 1–9 1–9 1–9 1–9
9 = far 9 = far 9 = many 9 = many
Q. petraea 230 13.7 1 5.3 3.9 7.8 42.9 6.75 2.91 6.30 5.60
Standard error 3.6 1.4 1.5 0.5 5.9 13.2 2.2 1.6 1.5 2.3
Q. robur 135 6.2 2.4 7.1 2.4 28.5 44.6 6.35 3.32 6.80 6.15
Standard error 1.9 2.5 0.8 0.8 14.7 12.4 2.4 1.7 1.4 2.2
Reference Q.petraea 80 14.8 ns 0.9 ns 3.9 ns 4.6 *
Reference Q.robur 60 6.9 ns 2.6 ns 8.4 * 2.2 ns