Surface soil treatment experiment
We found no significant germination rate difference in the surface soil treatment compared to the control including Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia , Machilus breviflora, and Syzgium levinei(Figure 5). The mean germination rate for all species across sites was 56.10% (SE = 0.14). The highest germination record was Machilus breviflora in site two (75%, SE= 0.14) whereas the lowest germination rate was also Machilus breviflora in site three (40%, SE=0.02). Germination rates of each independent species were also observed with no significant difference (Figure 6).