Predictor Importance Values for common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Predictor Name	Importance Score	Rank
Annual precipitation (mm)	16.73	5
Mean May-September precipitation (mm)	19.19	2
Mean annual temperature (°C)	10.48	31
Mean May-September temperature (°C)	11.52	22
Mean temperature of coldest month (°C)	8.72	39
Mean temperature of warmest month (°C)	15.09	8
Annual aridity index	12.2	18
Minimum elevation	12.81	17
Maximum elevation	10.74	29
Average elevation	13.07	15
Median elevation	14.1	11
Range of elevation	16.33	6
Elevation coefficient ofvariation	16.77	4
Elevation standard deviation	12.85	16
Annual daylength coefficient of variation	10.38	33
Total available water capacity (cm, to 150 cm)	15.89	7
Total available water supply (cm, to 150 cm)	19.66	1
Depth to water table (cm)	11.7	21
Soil permeability rate (cm/hr)	12.07	20
Soil calcium carbonate (% by weight)	6.86	43
Soil cation-exchange capacity	11.21	23
Soil pH	13.11	14
Soil bulk density (g/cm3)	18.24	3
Organic matter content (% by weight)	9.67	36
Potential soil productivity	11.03	25
Soil erodibility factor, rock fragment free	14.55	10
Soil erosion by wind (tons/acre/year)	14.95	9
Percent soil passing sieve No. 10 (coarse)	10.42	32
Percent soil passing sieve No. 200 (fine)	12.16	19
Percent clay (< 0.002 mm size)	9.94	34
Percent sand (< 0.002 mm size)	9.31	37
Percent silt (< 0.002 mm size)	10.83	27
Percent of texture clayey	10.97	26
Percent of texture loamy	10.82	28
Percent of texture sandy	14.03	12
Percent of texture other	8.79	38
Alfisol (%)	13.37	13
Aridisol (%)	1.11	45
Entisol (%)	11.15	24
Histosol (%)	7.36	42
Inceptisol (%)	10.53	30
Mollisol (%)	9.81	35
Spodosol (%)	4.6	44
Ultisol (%)	8.5	40
Vertisol (%)	7.93	41