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Resultantly, this enhancing nutrient availability. Legume plants were more nutrient rich than non-legumes, with significantly higher Zn, Fe, P, C and N concentrations, and lower C:N and C:P ratios. Legumes appeared to have a more efficient nutrient uptake strategy. However, the higher N:P ratio of legumes suggests that despite higher absolute nutrient concentrations, legumes were P limited. This study confirms that legumes are more P stressed than non-legumes in the CFR.","abstract_html":"The influence of nutrient limitation in legumes and non-legumes was studied in the field, on nutrient poor and nutrient rich sites in the CFR in the western Cape of South Africa. 6 species of legume and 11 species of non-legume, along with their corresponding soils were taken for macro and micronutrient analysis. 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