Land cover type | Sand (%) | Silt (%) | Clay (%) | Si/Cl | Texture class | BD (g/cm3) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grassland | 55.59 ± 1.67b | 27.22 ± 1.21b | 17.19 ± 1.12cd | 1.63 ± 0.13b | SL | 0.65 ± 0.05b |
Afro-alpine | 53.35 ± 2.13b | 27.31 ± 1.29b | 19.34 ± 1.05c | 1.43 ± 0.07b | SL | 0.48 ± 0.04bc |
Ericaceous land | 58.74 ± 1.02a | 35.30 ± 1.15a | 5.96 ± 1.01e | 7.55 ± 1.39a | SL | 0.39 ± 0.04c |
Woodland | 58.63 ± 1.11a | 27.96 ± 1.85b | 13.41 ± 1.07d | 2.25 ± 0.30b | SL | 0.57 ± 0.07b |
Coffee forest | 53.45 ± 1.16b | 21.69 ± 1.26c | 24.86 ± 1.42b | 0.90 ± 0.09c | SCL | 0.88 ± 0.11ab |
Moist forest | 53.24 ± 2.37b | 15.28 ± 1.03d | 31.48 ± 1.51a | 0.49 ± 0.02d | SCL | 0.96 ± 0.14a |
Farmland | 53.08 ± 1.18b | 25.82 ± 0.73b | 21.11 ± 1.08c | 1.30 ± 0.08b | SCL | 0.72 ± 0.08ab |
Mean | 54.69 ± 0.64 | 25.80 ± 0.73 | 19.51 ± 0.93 | 2.02 ± 0.28 | – | 0.68 ± 0.04 |
F | 5.10 | 71.16 | 51.73 | 43.88 | – | 6.51 |
Sig | * | *** | *** | *** | – | ** |