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Table 3 The percentage of urban and rural hedges containing the 12 recorded woody species

From: Differences between urban and rural hedges in England revealed by a citizen science project

 

Urban

Rural

χ2

P

Beech

23.1

13.9

38.13

<0.001

Blackthorn

25.9

31.7

10.90

0.001

Bramble

48.4

64.3

68.31

<0.001

Dog Rose

19.2

26.1

17.39

<0.001

Elder

15.6

19.3

6.35

0.012

Hawthorn

46.2

63.5

79.99

<0.001

Hazel

19.0

18.4

0.17

0.676

Holly

29.7

17.2

59.25

<0.001

Ivy

42.0

37.9

4.58

0.032

Laurel

17.1

6.1

82.56

<0.001

Privet

21.0

7.4

105.54

<0.001

Yew

8.9

4.1

26.73

<0.001

Mean number of woody species

3.16

3.10

0.92a

0.358

  1. Significance is tested by Chi squared contingency tables, except mean number of species tested by independent samples t test
  2. a t statistic