Trait means within terminal shoot for the 100 woody broad-leaved species on Gongga Mountain, southwestern China, in which 103 species samples are included.

Ground tissue area is the sum of cortex and pith area; vascular tissue area is the sum of xylem and phloem area. The classification of growth form and height class is defined by reference to Song, 2001[48] and Moles et al., 2009 [49]. Ss  =  small shrub (<0.5 m), Ms  =  middle shrub (0.5∼2 m), Ls  =  large shrub (2∼5 m), St  =  small tree (5∼8 m), Mt  =  middle tree (8∼25 m), Lt  =  large tree (>25 m).

基本组织（ground tissue）面积为皮层（cortex）与髓（pith）面积之和；维管组织（vascular tissue）面积为木质部（xylem）与韧皮部（phloem）面积之和。生长型与高度等级的分类标准参照Song等人2001年的研究[48]及Moles等人2009年的研究[49]制定。Ss为小灌木（<0.5 m），Ms为中灌木（0.5~2 m），Ls为大灌木（2~5 m），St为小乔木（5~8 m），Mt为中乔木（8~25 m），Lt为大乔木（>25 m）。