A classification of coastal heathlands and sandplain grasslands in Massachusetts

Rhodora

Volumn 98, Issue 894, 1996, Pages 117-145

  Dunwiddie, Peter W ^a   Zaremba, Robert E ^a   Harper, Karen A ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctostaphylos uva ursi; Coastal heathland; Community classification; Deschampsia flexuosa; Gaylussacia baccata; Quercus ilicifolia; Sandplain grassland; Schizachyrium scoparium; Two way indicator species analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001283210     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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