Responses of the growth parameters of native plant community to the allelopathy and its interactions with AMF (n = 10). The boxes represent the range of maximum and minimum values, with a bold horizontal line indicating the average value. Colors indicate different AMF treatments (orange, AMF; purple, without AMF). The growth parameters include height (A) crown area (CA) (B) total aboveground biomass (TAB) (C) and relative growth rate (RGR) (D). There were five different concentrations of the root aqueous extracts of Rhus typhina including 0 g L− 1 (CK), 10 g L− 1 (LRE), 20 g L− 1 (NRE), 30 g L− 1 (MRE), and 40 g L– 1 (HRE). The different letters indicate a significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) with Duncan’s test.