Predictor Importance Values for black maple (Acer nigrum)

Predictor Name Importance Score Rank
Annual precipitation (mm)5.0138
Mean May-September precipitation (mm)6.231
Mean annual temperature (°C)9.0611
Mean May-September temperature (°C)7.7523
Mean temperature of coldest month (°C)9.110
Mean temperature of warmest month (°C)8.5815
Annual aridity index6.1432
Minimum elevation9.736
Maximum elevation8.9412
Average elevation9.667
Median elevation10.423
Range of elevation10.065
Elevation coefficient ofvariation9.198
Elevation standard deviation5.7136
Annual daylength coefficient of variation6.6629
Total available water capacity (cm, to 150 cm)8.2419
Total available water supply (cm, to 150 cm)4.7339
Depth to water table (cm)7.5326
Soil permeability rate (cm/hr)10.254
Soil calcium carbonate (% by weight)10.672
Soil cation-exchange capacity7.5825
Soil pH8.6914
Soil bulk density (g/cm3)7.9622
Organic matter content (% by weight)8.417
Potential soil productivity8.1620
Soil erodibility factor, rock fragment free5.7635
Soil erosion by wind (tons/acre/year)9.19
Percent soil passing sieve No. 10 (coarse)8.5416
Percent soil passing sieve No. 200 (fine)7.6524
Percent clay (< 0.002 mm size)5.8834
Percent sand (< 0.002 mm size)7.1828
Percent silt (< 0.002 mm size)7.527
Percent of texture clayey8.7513
Percent of texture loamy4.3940
Percent of texture sandy5.2337
Percent of texture other3.7942
Alfisol (%)12.151
Aridisol (%)045
Entisol (%)4.0641
Histosol (%)6.0333
Inceptisol (%)8.0421
Mollisol (%)6.3630
Spodosol (%)3.2143
Ultisol (%)8.2418
Vertisol (%)1.3744