The dry matter content (DMC) of aquatic (A) and terrestrial (T) reed for the (a) whole plant, (b) belowground part, (c) aboveground part and (d–h) separate organs (the solid lines in the boxes indicate median values, the upper and lower ranges of the boxes show the third and first quartiles whereas upper and lower lines out of the boxes indicate the maximum and minimum values, extreme values are shown as dots, analogously for Figure 2).

<p>The dry matter content (DMC) of aquatic (A) and terrestrial (T) reed for the (a) whole plant, (b) belowground part, (c) aboveground part and (d–h) separate organs (the solid lines in the boxes indicate median values, the upper and lower ranges of the boxes show the third and first quartiles whereas upper and lower lines out of the boxes indicate the maximum and minimum values, extreme values are shown as dots, analogously for <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0089063#pone-0089063-g002" target="_blank">Figure 2</a>).