Results
The 183 leaf samples from three native host species yielded 7 355 098 demultiplexed sequences. On average there were 40 192 sequences per sample, the highest number of sequences from one sample was 103 727 and the lowest 12 533 (Supporting Information Table S5). In total 5 326 unique ASVs were recovered with an average of 193.80 ± 101.82 ASVs per sample. The number of ASVs recovered from C. inerme , E. crispa and S. chirindensis was 1 473, 2 221 and 1 847, respectively.