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Table 1 Soil characterisation of Homeb location. The numbers of observations are in brackets. (Soil Analysis by the Soil Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Windhoek)

From: Tree water potentials supporting an explanation for the occurrence of Vachellia erioloba in the Namib Desert (Namibia)

Sample

Texture (vol%)

\( {\mathrm{EC}}_{{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}} \)

 

Sand (> 0.063 mm)

Silt (0.063–0.002 mm)

Clay (< 0.002 mm)

(mS∙cm−1)

Northern Riverbank (2)

83.4 ± 4.2

14.1 ± 2.3

2.5 ± 0.2

(no data)

Riverbed (2)

98.3 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

0.26 ± 0.02

Southern Riverbank (2)

93.7 ± 0.5

5.4 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.2

0.29 ±0.09