The mountain forests of British Columbia and the American Northwest: Floristic patterns and syntaxonomy

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 475-508

  Spribille, Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeoclimatic zones; Boreal forests; Habitat types; Pacific Northwest; Phytosociology; Snow forests; Vegetation survey

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FLORISTICS; MONTANE FOREST; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; SYNTAXONOMY;

(NORTHWEST); NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; ABIES LASIOCARPA; FILICOPHYTA; LYSICHITON; LYSICHITON AMERICANUM; OPLOPANAX; OPLOPANAX HORRIDUS; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 0038222574     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803258     Document Type: Article

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