Commercial moss harvest in northwestern Oregon: Describing the epiphyte communities

Northwest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 186-195

  Peck, Jerilynn E ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE COMMUNITY; HARVESTING; TARGET SPECIES;

USA, OREGON;

ANTITRICHIA CURTIPENDULA; ISOTHECIUM MYOSUROIDES; NECKERA DOUGLASII;

EID: 0031426231     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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