State of the Population of Gladiolus imbricatus L. in a Molinia Meadow after Extensive Management and Abandonment

Table 3

Mean (±SD) values of G. imbricatus traits measured in 37 individuals growing within extensively used (EM) and 82 individuals growing within unmanaged (UM) meadows.

G. imbricatus traits	Patch EM	Patch UM	Mann-WhitneyU test value
The height of shoot (cm)	59.84 (±11.03)	78.21 (±15.96)	U = 521
The length of inflorescence (cm)	8.21 (±2.48)	11.53 (±11.07)	U = 898.0
The length of labellum of the biggest flower (cm)	2.94 (±0.39)	2.72 (±0.32)	U = 898.0
The number of capsules in infructescence	5.70 (±1.71)	7.59 (±2.44)	U = 790.0
The length of the smallest capsule (cm)	0.33 (±0.26)	0.50 (±0.33)	U = 213.0^ns
The width of the smallest capsule (cm)	0.27 (±0.27)	0.34 (±0.30)	U = 21.0^ns
The length of the greatest capsule (cm)	1.07 (±0.45)	1.44 (±0.41)	U = 164.0
The width of the greatest capsule (cm)	0.70 (±0.29)	0.86 (±0.23)	U = 238.0^ns

Asterisks denote the statistical significance level: ns–not significant; , , and .