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Appendix A. The characteristics of the 24 different litter types used in this experiment. See Notes at end of table for details.

Plant Species	Litter type	N fertilization treatment	Hemicellulose (%)	Cellulose (%)	Lignin (%)	Total N (%)	Soluble N (%)	Soluble C (%)	C:N ratio	Total CO2 production
Agropyron repens	shoot	High	32	21	2	2.5	2.1	19.0	17.7	2.3
		Low	34	26	5	1.3	1.1	13.3	34.9	1.4
	root	High	36	20	7	1.4	0.8	5.5	27.7	0.6
		Low	41	26	8	1.0	0.5	10.4	44.2	0.8
Andropogon gerardii	shoot	High	33	18	1	1.7	1.0	20.0	25.6	1.9
		Low	33	31	4	0.7	0.5	11.1	67.3	0.8
	root	High	40	27	14	0.8	0.5	4.6	52.7	0.6
		Low	39	25	13	0.4	0.1	9.6	107.5	0.5
Bouteloua gracilis	shoot	High	38	6	3	1.2	0.8	24.7	36.4	1.6
		Low	43	33	4	1.0	0.7	1.5	38.4	1.3
	root	High	44	21	7	1.0	0.7	1.0	38.5	0.4
		Low	43	23	13	0.7	0.2	9.1	63.0	0.5
Koleria cristata	shoot	High	31	29	0.1	1.5	0.9	14.5	29.6	2.2
		Low	37	36	3	1.2	0.5	8.6	36.0	1.6
	root	High	49	21	7	1.1	0.6	9.9	35.4	0.6
		Low	47	26	9	0.7	0.2	2.8	63.3	0.6
Poa pratensis	shoot	High	32	23	1	1.6	1.3	16.8	28.5	2.1
		Low	35	25	2	1.5	1.1	14.8	29.7	1.9
	root	High	37	13	4	1.1	0.8	5.9	31.5	0.5
		Low	45	27	9	0.8	0.5	1.5	50.1	0.5
Schizachyrium scoparium	shoot	High	42	28	2	1.4	0.9	10.0	30.3	2.1
		Low	38	33	4	0.5	0.1	11.3	86.3	0.7
	root	High	41	30	8	0.9	0.5	6.2	50.5	0.7
		Low	42	28	8	0.3	0.1	7.7	135.9	0.4

   Notes: All percentages are expressed per unit mass (g/100 g dry mass ash-free litter). Total CO₂ production is reported in units of mg C-CO₂/g dry soil over the 53-d incubation.