Table 4 Ranking of herbaceous crops based on the percentage of total herbaceous crop area covered by each crop in the crop land scenario and in Spain
Family | Crop | Crop land scenario | Spain | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position | % Meana | Std. dev. | Coeff. var. | Position | Area (Ha) | Area (%) | ||
Poaceae | Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) | 1 | 31.24 | 3.33 | 0.11 | 1 | 2,609,699 | 28.28 |
Poaceae | Wheat (Triticum sp.) | 2 | 24.96 | 2.65 | 0.11 | 2 | 2,179,058 | 23.61 |
Asteraceae | Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) | 3 | 8.32 | 3.81 | 0.46 | 3 | 742,258 | 8.04 |
Poaceae | Corn (Zea mays L.; non-forage corn) | 4 | 5.44 | 3.08 | 0.57 | 5 | 374,525 | 4.06 |
Poaceae | Oat (Avena sativa L.) | 5 | 4.19 | 0.79 | 0.19 | 4 | 484,454 | 5.25 |
Fabaceae | Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) | 6 | 3.72 | 2.17 | 0.58 | 7 | 257,059 | 2.79 |
Poaceae | Triticosecale (Triticale) | 7 | 1.84 | 0.42 | 0.23 | 9 | 176,589 | 1.91 |
Fabaceae | Dried pea (Pisum sativum L.) | 8 | 1.68 | 0.43 | 0.26 | 10 | 162,261 | 1.76 |
Poaceae | Rye (Secale cereale L.) | 9 | 1.52 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 11 | 146,946 | 1.59 |
Fabaceae | Vetch (Vicia sativa L.) | 10 | 1.48 | 0.51 | 0.35 | 15 | 104,400 | 1.13 |
Poaceae | Winter cereals for fodder | 11 | 1.45 | 0.35 | 0.24 | 8 | 184,800 | 2.00 |
Fabaceae | Forage vetch (Vicia sativa L.) | 12 | 1.32 | 0.60 | 0.45 | 12 | 120,187 | 1.30 |
Poaceae | Rice (Oryza sativa L.) | 13 | 1.07 | 0.80 | 0.75 | 13 | 109,302 | 1.18 |
Various | Sown meadows | 14 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.01 | 6 | 284,360 | 3.08 |
% Total of crops above 1% | 89.24 | 85.98 | ||||||