Vascular flora of beaver wetlands in western Massachusetts

Rhodora

Volumn 102, Issue 910, 2000, Pages 175-197

  McMaster, Robert T ^a   McMaster, Nancy D ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver (Castor canadensis); Massachusetts; Vascular flora; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012389995     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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