Predictor Importance Values for sand pine (Pinus clausa)

Predictor Name Importance Score Rank
Annual precipitation (mm)5.8734
Mean May-September precipitation (mm)5.2437
Mean annual temperature (°C)6.9226
Mean May-September temperature (°C)5.0339
Mean temperature of coldest month (°C)11.685
Mean temperature of warmest month (°C)5.0340
Annual aridity index9.6111
Minimum elevation6.5131
Maximum elevation7.0425
Average elevation5.8135
Median elevation6.6630
Range of elevation10.079
Elevation coefficient ofvariation4.0543
Elevation standard deviation14.052
Annual daylength coefficient of variation4.8341
Total available water capacity (cm, to 150 cm)7.3619
Total available water supply (cm, to 150 cm)5.1138
Depth to water table (cm)12.284
Soil permeability rate (cm/hr)6.8727
Soil calcium carbonate (% by weight)7.2422
Soil cation-exchange capacity10.647
Soil pH12.933
Soil bulk density (g/cm3)7.7418
Organic matter content (% by weight)6.0433
Potential soil productivity8.6414
Soil erodibility factor, rock fragment free9.8810
Soil erosion by wind (tons/acre/year)8.1316
Percent soil passing sieve No. 10 (coarse)4.7342
Percent soil passing sieve No. 200 (fine)10.976
Percent clay (< 0.002 mm size)8.0917
Percent sand (< 0.002 mm size)7.3320
Percent silt (< 0.002 mm size)10.588
Percent of texture clayey9.5612
Percent of texture loamy8.6713
Percent of texture sandy6.332
Percent of texture other8.2815
Alfisol (%)7.1723
Aridisol (%)044
Entisol (%)-1.7645
Histosol (%)6.7829
Inceptisol (%)16.971
Mollisol (%)6.828
Spodosol (%)7.2821
Ultisol (%)7.1224
Vertisol (%)5.836