Results of individual Student’s t-tests for shoot biomass and χ2 tests for inflorescence counts comparing previously clipped and unclipped plants by species. * indicate significant differences (α < 0.05). Dashes are shown for species in which no individuals flowered.
| Species | Shoot biomass | Inf. # | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t | p | χ2 | p | |
| A. pallens | 2.96* | 0.0088* | 1.51 | 0.2189 |
| E. condensatus | −3.06* | 0.0070* | — | — |
| K. macrantha | −0.31 | 0.7582 | 10.37* | 0.0013* |
| M. californica | 0.91 | 0.3765 | 0.98 | 0.3226 |
| M. imperfecta | 0.92 | 0.3688 | 0.98 | 0.3556 |
| M. rigens | 0.21 | 0.8323 | — | — |
| S. cernua | 2.98* | 0.0089* | 0.27 | 0.6020 |
| S. coronata | 0.19 | 0.8495 | 0.04 | 0.8349 |
| S. lepida | 2.22* | 0.0401* | 0.04 | 0.8471 |
| S. pulchra | −0.21 | 0.8439 | 4.03* | 0.0446* |