Contrasting vegetation of noses and hollows in the Valley and Ridge province, southwestern Virginia

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-212

  Stephenson, Steven L ^a   Mills, Hugh H ^b  

^a FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Ecology; Geomorphology; Southwestern Virginia; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BETULA LENTA; PINUS PUNGENS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PRINUS;

EID: 0033167070     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997275     Document Type: Article

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