Table 2.

Physical and soil chemistry variables compared among the three sites. A MANOVA followed by an ANOVA was used to detect significant differences among the three sites: Zeb Mountain, Mountainside and Premium. Values in the table are the means with ± 1 SE. Significant differences (p < 0.05) are shown in bold text with similar letters subscripted above SE do not differ at α = 0.05 based on a Tukey's HSD.

Site Variables	Zeb Mountain	Mountainside	Premium
Elevation (m)	2,309.5 ± 1.7^b	1969.3 ± 5.2^c	2,958 ± 3.3^a
Aspect (°)	97.5 ± 7.5^b	273 ± 1.4^a	288 ± 6.4^a
Slope (m/sec)	30.75 ± 0.63^b	44.75 ± 1.7^a	42 ± 0.41^a
Tree overstory (%)	NA	14.53 ± 8.0^a	2.58 ± 2.58^b
Soil pH	5.0^b	5.7^a	5.7^a
NO3− ppm	19.3 ± 3.1	9.0 ± 3.2	15.0 ± 4.5
P ppm	35.7 ± 5.3^b	100.0 ± 11.0^a	34.2 ± 5.4^b
K ppm	60.2 ± 1.6^b	71.8 ± 1.9^a	74.3 ± 2.6^a
Ca ppm	1,810.5 ± 601.52	1,342.8 ± 137.6	1,253.8 ± 90.6
Mg ppm	190.0 ± 17.0^b	394.7 ± 17.3^a	214.0 ± 10.1^b
Zn ppm	5.6 ± 0.13	6.1 ± 0.2	4.5 ± 0.2
Mn ppm	98.7 ± 5.7^b	154.7 ± 5.7^a	67 ± 3.6^b
Cu ppm	1.0 ± 0.2^b	2.8 ± 0.1^a	1.4 ± 0.1^b
B ppm	0.6 ± 0.1^a	0.5 ± 0.04^a	0.28 ± 0.02^b
Na ppm	6.2 ± 1.2	7.7 ± 0.6	6.0 ± 0.4
Cation Exchange	14.6 ± 1.9	12.2 ± 1.9	11.3 ± 1.90