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Table 2 Fractions of C sequestration in vines by time and space

From: From berries to blocks: carbon stock quantification of a California vineyard

C distribution

Biomass fraction

Mg C ha−1

Total

%

Temporal

 Annual

Fruit

1.7

3.4

28

Leaves

0.6

Canes

1.1

 Perennial

Wood

4.8

8.9

72

Roots

4.1

Spatial

 Aboveground

Fruit

1.7

8.2

67

Leaves

0.6

Canes

1.1

Wood

4.8

 Belowground

Roots

4.1

4.1

33

  1. Annual growth represents the seasonal vegetative and reproductive development starting in spring and finishing in early fall. Most fruit is removed whereas leaves and canes return to soil. Wood constitutes the sum of trunk plus cordons