Soil variable

Vegetation groups

F-value

LSD_0.05

A

B

C

D

Sand

(%)

94.26 ± 1.10

93.18 ± 1.48

87.81 ± 1.42

91.92 ± 2.84

1.94

6.67^ns

Silt

4.68 ± 0.98

5.73 ± 1.23

10.76 ± 1.31

7.04 ± 2.68

2.11

6.1^ns

Clay

1.06 ± 0.17

1.08 ± 0.28

1.43 ± 0.13

1.04 ± 0.26

0.35

0.85^ns

Porosity

33.28 ± 1.58

34.54 ± 0.87

30.54 ± 1.12

33.21 ± 1.96

0.88

6.81^ns

WHC

28.20 ± 3.35

26.41 ± 1.24

26.40 ± 1.29

32.51 ± 1.54

0.37

12.14^ns

CaCO₃

9.82 ± 0.45

9.47 ± 0.88

22.04 ± 2.43

15.25 ± 3.96

2.16

10.55

OC

0.31 ± 0.07

0.29 ± 0.07

0.17 ± 0.02

0.19 ± 0.04

1.31

0.19^ns

pH

8.45 ± 0.08

8.45 ± 0.07

8.02 ± 0.07

8.00 ± 0.08

10.53

0.33***

EC (μmhos/cm)

297.38 ± 61.48

222.50 ± 44.91

383.37 ± 72.67

545.25 ± 125.34

3.87

252.58*

Cl⁻

(%)

0.15 ± 0.01

0.16 ± 0.02

0.19 ± 0.10

0.42 ± 0.20

0.27

0.46

0.64 ± 0.05

0.68 ± 0.07

0.26 ± 0.06

0.33 ± 0.10

5.42

0.29**

0.00 ± 0.00

0.00 ± 0.00

0.62 ± 0.15

0.38 ± 0.20

1.63

0.65^ns

3.10 ± 0.30

3.53 ± 0.39

1.22 ± 0.11

0.61 ± 0.14

20.95

0.88***

Na⁺

mg/100 dry soil

676.31 ± 128.14

489.00 ± 69.86

204.81 ± 52.12

101.45 ± 60.03

10.04

195.74***

K⁺

327.69 ± 57.62

240.67 ± 29.15

24.53 ± 5.43

15.22 ± 6.89

45.44

55.73***

Ca⁺⁺

2383.77 ± 621.98

1675.33 ± 246.46

66.41 ± 15.80

42.82 ± 23.37

34.15

457.96***

Mg⁺⁺

641.15 ± 122.58

478.83 ± 65.91

30.74 ± 7.01

13.20 ± 7.34

43.49

114.93***

SAR

17.10 ± 1.33

14.72 ± 1.06

25.93 ± 3.54

16.48 ± 5.29

0.25

13.73^ns

PAR

8.42 ± 0.53

7.32 ± 0.36

3.28 ± 0.31

2.78 ± 0.43

28.96

1.42***