Predictor Importance Values for pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens)

Predictor Name	Importance Score	Rank
Annual precipitation (mm)	11.16	19
Mean May-September precipitation (mm)	10.27	24
Mean annual temperature (°C)	9.92	27
Mean May-September temperature (°C)	11.45	16
Mean temperature of coldest month (°C)	13.3	6
Mean temperature of warmest month (°C)	10.88	20
Annual aridity index	11.33	18
Minimum elevation	6.84	39
Maximum elevation	9.35	31
Average elevation	10.63	23
Median elevation	6.6	40
Range of elevation	8.08	35
Elevation coefficient ofvariation	13.94	4
Elevation standard deviation	8.44	34
Annual daylength coefficient of variation	12.42	8
Total available water capacity (cm, to 150 cm)	11.47	15
Total available water supply (cm, to 150 cm)	10.09	25
Depth to water table (cm)	10.65	22
Soil permeability rate (cm/hr)	9.89	28
Soil calcium carbonate (% by weight)	9.8	29
Soil cation-exchange capacity	13.56	5
Soil pH	15.53	2
Soil bulk density (g/cm3)	11.93	11
Organic matter content (% by weight)	9.47	30
Potential soil productivity	14.92	3
Soil erodibility factor, rock fragment free	6.28	41
Soil erosion by wind (tons/acre/year)	11.37	17
Percent soil passing sieve No. 10 (coarse)	4.31	43
Percent soil passing sieve No. 200 (fine)	8.85	32
Percent clay (< 0.002 mm size)	11.88	13
Percent sand (< 0.002 mm size)	10	26
Percent silt (< 0.002 mm size)	7.57	38
Percent of texture clayey	7.7	37
Percent of texture loamy	12.41	9
Percent of texture sandy	10.73	21
Percent of texture other	13.17	7
Alfisol (%)	12.1	10
Aridisol (%)	0	45
Entisol (%)	4.96	42
Histosol (%)	7.79	36
Inceptisol (%)	16.65	1
Mollisol (%)	11.77	14
Spodosol (%)	8.59	33
Ultisol (%)	11.91	12
Vertisol (%)	3.51	44