Predictor Importance Values for black cherry (Prunus serotina)

Predictor Name Importance Score Rank
Annual precipitation (mm)33.253
Mean May-September precipitation (mm)29.639
Mean annual temperature (°C)23.6632
Mean May-September temperature (°C)22.4633
Mean temperature of coldest month (°C)21.3937
Mean temperature of warmest month (°C)25.4822
Annual aridity index28.8312
Minimum elevation21.6536
Maximum elevation28.9511
Average elevation26.5220
Median elevation24.3828
Range of elevation24.9824
Elevation coefficient ofvariation35.622
Elevation standard deviation25.9921
Annual daylength coefficient of variation30.857
Total available water capacity (cm, to 150 cm)24.4127
Total available water supply (cm, to 150 cm)22.3134
Depth to water table (cm)36.281
Soil permeability rate (cm/hr)31.566
Soil calcium carbonate (% by weight)21.9235
Soil cation-exchange capacity29.768
Soil pH27.5615
Soil bulk density (g/cm3)33.214
Organic matter content (% by weight)28.6813
Potential soil productivity20.4639
Soil erodibility factor, rock fragment free27.2417
Soil erosion by wind (tons/acre/year)31.995
Percent soil passing sieve No. 10 (coarse)26.6219
Percent soil passing sieve No. 200 (fine)21.3238
Percent clay (< 0.002 mm size)24.4925
Percent sand (< 0.002 mm size)29.4710
Percent silt (< 0.002 mm size)24.4826
Percent of texture clayey19.5640
Percent of texture loamy24.2129
Percent of texture sandy23.9630
Percent of texture other23.9531
Alfisol (%)27.8914
Aridisol (%)145
Entisol (%)27.516
Histosol (%)16.242
Inceptisol (%)26.8118
Mollisol (%)25.2923
Spodosol (%)13.0144
Ultisol (%)18.1341
Vertisol (%)13.1743