Canopy and woody subcanopy composition of wet hardwood flats in eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-43

  Rheinhardt, Martha Craig ^a,b   Rheinhardt, Richard D ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wetlands Preservation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal plain; Forested wetlands; Mineral soil wet flats; Nonriverine wetlands; Understory; Wet hardwood flats

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ASIMINA; ASIMINA TRILOBA; CARPINUS CAROLINIANA; CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA; ILEX; ILEX OPACA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; NYSSA BIFLORA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; NYSSACEAE; PERSEA AMERICANA; PERSEA BORBONIA; QUERCUS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 0034105026     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088745     Document Type: Article

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