No. of seeds No. of seeds No. of seeds No. of seeds No. of seeds No. of seeds Weight of a seed (μg) Weight of a seed (μg) Weight of a seed (μg) Weight of a seed (μg) Weight of a seed (μg) Weight of a seed (μg)
Family Control Control Supplemented Supplemented PERMANOVA PERMANOVA Control Control Supplemented Supplemented PERMANOVA PERMANOVA
 Species mean (std.dev) mean (std.dev) Pseudo F p mean (std.dev) mean (std.dev) Pseudo F p
Apiaceae
Aegopodium podagraria 16.76 (± 8.85) 21.00 (± 8.91) 3.75 0.040* 1.64 (± 0.82) 1.95 (± 0.90) 1.32 0.138
Chaerophyllum aromaticum 20.63 (± 11.8) 20.74 (± 9.3) 0.00 0.479 2.33 (± 1.06) 2.45 (± 0.92) 0.75 0.218
Asteraceae Asteraceae
Crepis paludosa 30.07 (± 13.56) 30.20 (± 10.77) 0.00 0.487 0.37 (± 0.21) 0.34 (± 0.17) 0.15 0.363
Tephroseris crispa 55.95 (± 30.02) 52.60 (± 16.07) 0.24 0.319 0.24 (± 0.11) 0.26 (± 0.11) 0.44 0.269
Boraginaceae Boraginaceae
Myosotis palustris 1.25 (± 1.22) 1.83 (± 1.34) 3.01 0.063 0.23 (± 0.20) 0.26 (± 0.17) 0.16 0.360
Brassicaceae Brassicaceae
Cardamine amara 9.72 (± 7.05) 7.94 (± 7.53) 0.68 0.208 0.05 (± 0.03) 0.03 (± 0.03) 2.46 0.065
Cardamine pratensis 5.89 (± 5.2) 8.11 (± 5.18) 2.53 0.066 0.15 (± 0.09) 0.19 (± 0.07) 4.90 0.021*
Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae
Lychnis flos-cuculi 76.32 (± 55.12) 100.68 (± 46.74) 5.10 0.021* 0.08 (± 0.06) 0.12 (± 0.04) 8.43 0.005*
Stellaria graminea 7.54 (± 6.00) 9.57 (± 4.86) 3.12 0.045* 0.19 (± 0.11) 0.22 (± 0.06) 2.99 0.051
Hypericaceae Hypericaceae
Hypericum maculatum 339.10 (± 142.53) 364.45 (± 161.06) 1.03 0.165 0.04 (± 0.01) 0.04 (± 0.01) 0.44 0.259
Lamiaceae Lamiaceae
Ajuga reptans 3.40 (± 1.12) 3.13 (± 1.13) 0.52 0.261 0.99 (± 0.38) 1.01 (± 0.34) 0.02 0.431
Orchidaceae Orchidaceae
Dactylorhiza majalis 0.01 (± 0.00) 0.01 (± 0.01) 10.15 0.001*
Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae
Veronica chamaedrys 2.00 (± 2.95) 3.00 (± 3.42) 0.68 0.208 0.08 (± 0.10) 0.11 (± 0.10) 0.46 0.252
Polygonaceae Polygonaceae
Bistorta major 79.50 (± 45.13) 69.85 (± 36.36) 2.16 0.080 5.21 (± 1.50) 5.20 (± 1.53) 0.00 0.477
Primulaceae Primulaceae
Lysimachia vulgaris 12.65 (± 16.24) 39.05 (± 36.66) 9.29 0.003* 0.22 (± 0.15) 0.24 (± 0.13) 0.35 0.281
Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae
Anemone nemorosa 7.11 (± 4.69) 11.61 (± 7.01) 10.71 0.002* 2.13 (± 0.99) 2.32 (± 0.84) 0.33 0.283
Caltha palustris 30.82 (± 39.43) 32.82 (± 27.1) 0.03 0.429 0.43 (± 0.23) 0.47 (± 0.20) 0.31 0.308
Ranunculus acris 19.33 (± 7.08) 15.44 (± 8.12) 3.43 0.041 1.23 (± 0.23) 1.20 (± 0.45) 0.06 0.397
Ranunculus auricomus 10.40 (± 3.28) 11.80 (± 2.91) 3.64 0.041* 2.01 (± 0.48) 2.00 (± 0.38) 0.01 0.460
Ranunculus flammula 31.89 (± 16.94) 37.83 (± 12.67) 2.23 0.076 0.34 (± 0.15) 0.38 (± 0.06) 0.75 0.213
Rosaceae
Potentilla erecta 5.55 (± 3.14) 6.15 (± 3.34) 0.56 0.238 0.54 (± 0.24) 0.52 (± 0.24) 0.12 0.369
Potentilla palustris 219.11 (± 80.41) 253.16 (± 54.14) 4.05 0.029* 0.26 (± 0.08) 0.28 (± 0.11) 0.37 0.276