Species diversity of Louisiana chenier woody vegetation remnants

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 254-261

  Neyland, Ray ^a   Meyer, Harry A ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Tallow; Sapium sebiferum; Woodland remnants

Indexed keywords

CHENIER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND REMNANT;

LOUISIANA; USA;

CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CELTIS LAEVIGATA; CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FAGACEAE; PANTHERA TIGRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS VIRGINIA; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; RUBIACEAE; SAPIUM; SAPIUM SEBIFERUM; ULMACEAE;

EID: 0030821314     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2996613     Document Type: Article

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