Predictor Importance Values for sugarberry (Celtis laevigata)

Predictor Name	Importance Score	Rank
Annual precipitation (mm)	22.84	2
Mean May-September precipitation (mm)	18.97	11
Mean annual temperature (°C)	17.47	14
Mean May-September temperature (°C)	13.33	30
Mean temperature of coldest month (°C)	16.26	21
Mean temperature of warmest month (°C)	22.49	3
Annual aridity index	16.84	18
Minimum elevation	16.41	19
Maximum elevation	11.28	36
Average elevation	14.78	25
Median elevation	14.74	26
Range of elevation	20.26	7
Elevation coefficient ofvariation	17.32	15
Elevation standard deviation	23.35	1
Annual daylength coefficient of variation	21.26	4
Total available water capacity (cm, to 150 cm)	21.23	5
Total available water supply (cm, to 150 cm)	20.33	6
Depth to water table (cm)	19.32	9
Soil permeability rate (cm/hr)	18.09	12
Soil calcium carbonate (% by weight)	13.3	31
Soil cation-exchange capacity	13.83	29
Soil pH	17.17	16
Soil bulk density (g/cm3)	17.54	13
Organic matter content (% by weight)	9.11	41
Potential soil productivity	11.05	38
Soil erodibility factor, rock fragment free	17.1	17
Soil erosion by wind (tons/acre/year)	15.03	24
Percent soil passing sieve No. 10 (coarse)	16	22
Percent soil passing sieve No. 200 (fine)	11.26	37
Percent clay (< 0.002 mm size)	12.32	35
Percent sand (< 0.002 mm size)	16.33	20
Percent silt (< 0.002 mm size)	20.03	8
Percent of texture clayey	10.01	40
Percent of texture loamy	14.67	27
Percent of texture sandy	14.09	28
Percent of texture other	12.99	32
Alfisol (%)	15.75	23
Aridisol (%)	-0.09	45
Entisol (%)	4.86	44
Histosol (%)	5.56	43
Inceptisol (%)	10.46	39
Mollisol (%)	19.32	10
Spodosol (%)	6.22	42
Ultisol (%)	12.51	34
Vertisol (%)	12.91	33