| Species and treatment | Plant nitrogen concentration (%) | Substrate nitrogen concentration (%) | |||||||
| Z. matrella | Wet | 0.77 | ± | 0.05 | bz | 0.29 | ± | 0.01 | n.s.y |
| O. japonicus | Wet | 1.05 | ± | 0.02 | c | 0.27 | ± | 0.01 | |
| S. mexicanum | Wet | 0.65 | ± | 0.02 | a | 0.28 | ± | 0.01 | |
| Dry | 0.65 | ± | 0.02 | a | 0.29 | ± | 0.01 | ||
| Non | 0.66 | ± | 0.01 | a | 0.28 | ± | 0.02 | ||