Table 3: Comparison of the soil variables or properties of the four plant communities.

Factors

I

II

III

IV

F value

P value

Sand

46.3

78.3

65.3

76.3

0.85

0.61 ns

Clay

23.7

9.68

21.1

13.9

0.14

0.88 ns

Silt

30

12

13.6

9.71

3.61

0.34 ns

PH

7.27

7.94

7.27

7.28

0.32

0.78 ns

EC

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.1

5.40

0.29 ns

Ca

12.5

10.2

12.1

12.3

0.25

0.82 ns

Mg

6.0

6.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

0.26 ns

Na

0.7

1.0

0.7

0.5

2.10

0.44 ns

K

0.8

0.5

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.55 ns

HCO3

1.9

3.8

2.2

2.7

0.11

0.91 ns

Cl

3.2

1.6

3.0

1.4

0.09

0.92 ns

OM

0.7

0.25

0.25

0.29

8.1

0.24 ns

CaCO3

8.78

8.1

9.95

10.9

3.43

0.36 ns