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Table 4 Most frequently mentioned famine food species during the free-listing exercise, weighed by their frequency and mean position according to the Cognitive Salience Index [65]

From: Famine food of vegetal origin consumed in the Netherlands during World War II

Scientific name

F

OR

mP

S

NR

Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris var. altissima

47

1

1.489

0.406

1

Tulipa ssp.

24

2

1.625

0.189

2

Solanum tuberosum (peels)

7

3

1.714

0.052

3

Urtica dioica

4

4

1

0.051

4

Rumex acetosa

2

8.5

1

0.026

5.5

Cantharellus cibarius

2

8.5

1

0.0261

5.5

Agaricus campestris

2

8.5

1.5

0.017

7

Brassica oleracea convar. oleracea var. gemmifera

3

5.5

2.333

0.016

8

Rubus fruticosus

2

8.5

2

0.013

9.5

Fagus sylvatica

3

5.5

3

0.013

9.5

  1. F frequency, OR old rank based on frequency, mP mean position of mentioning, S salience index, NR new rank with weighed position