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Table 2 Most salient species freelisted by the interviewees

From: Plants as highly diverse sources of construction wood, handicrafts and fibre in the Heihe valley (Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China): the importance of minor forest products

Latin name

Smith’s Salience Index

Pinus tabuliformis Carrière

35.5

Pinus armandii Franch.

27.9

Prunus stellipila Koehne

23.5

Betula albosinensis Burkill

18.5

Cornus kousa F.Buerger ex Hance

18.0

Meliosma dilleniifolia (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Walp.

17.0

Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr.

16.1

Tsuga chinensis (Franch.) Pritz.

13.6

Populus purdomii Rehder

11.8

Catalpa fargesii Bureau

11.5

Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata Maxim.

11.1

Morus australis Poir.

10.8

Castanea mollissima Blume

10.4

Toona sinensis (Juss.) M.Roem.

9.6

Tilia olivieri Szyszył. and T. paucicostata Maxim.

9.4

Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle

9.0

Populus cathayana Rehder

9.0

Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco

8.9

Phyllostachys sp.

8.5

Cornus controversa Hemsl.

7.7