Architectural plasticity of clonal plants may modify their ways of utilization of soil nutrients in their habitats of resource heterogeneity, and therefore be ecologically important. The plasticity of clonal architecture, in terms of space length, branch intensity and branch angle, in response to soil nutrients in the stoloniferous herb, Mock-strawberry (Duchesnea indica Focke), was investigated using the method of experimental ecology. The experimental plant materials were collected from Chinese subtropic...