Predictor Importance Values for common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Predictor Name Importance Score Rank
Annual precipitation (mm)16.735
Mean May-September precipitation (mm)19.192
Mean annual temperature (°C)10.4831
Mean May-September temperature (°C)11.5222
Mean temperature of coldest month (°C)8.7239
Mean temperature of warmest month (°C)15.098
Annual aridity index12.218
Minimum elevation12.8117
Maximum elevation10.7429
Average elevation13.0715
Median elevation14.111
Range of elevation16.336
Elevation coefficient ofvariation16.774
Elevation standard deviation12.8516
Annual daylength coefficient of variation10.3833
Total available water capacity (cm, to 150 cm)15.897
Total available water supply (cm, to 150 cm)19.661
Depth to water table (cm)11.721
Soil permeability rate (cm/hr)12.0720
Soil calcium carbonate (% by weight)6.8643
Soil cation-exchange capacity11.2123
Soil pH13.1114
Soil bulk density (g/cm3)18.243
Organic matter content (% by weight)9.6736
Potential soil productivity11.0325
Soil erodibility factor, rock fragment free14.5510
Soil erosion by wind (tons/acre/year)14.959
Percent soil passing sieve No. 10 (coarse)10.4232
Percent soil passing sieve No. 200 (fine)12.1619
Percent clay (< 0.002 mm size)9.9434
Percent sand (< 0.002 mm size)9.3137
Percent silt (< 0.002 mm size)10.8327
Percent of texture clayey10.9726
Percent of texture loamy10.8228
Percent of texture sandy14.0312
Percent of texture other8.7938
Alfisol (%)13.3713
Aridisol (%)1.1145
Entisol (%)11.1524
Histosol (%)7.3642
Inceptisol (%)10.5330
Mollisol (%)9.8135
Spodosol (%)4.644
Ultisol (%)8.540
Vertisol (%)7.9341