Ground-flora composition and structure of floodplain and upland landforms of an old-growth headwater forest in north-central Ohio

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-71

  Holmes, Kathryn L ^a   Goebel, P Charles ^a   Hix, David M ^b   Dygert, Clayton E ^a   Semko Duncan, Marie E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ground flora; Headwater streams; Ohio; Old growth forest; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST FLOOR; LANDFORM; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; UPLAND REGION;

ALLEGHENY PLATEAU; APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS CAPENSIS; LAPORTEA CANADENSIS; LEERSIA VIRGINICA; PARTHENOCISSUS QUINQUEFOLIA; POLYGONATUM; POLYGONATUM PUBESCENS; RIPARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TRACHEOPHYTA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 19644399183     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2005)132[62:gcasof]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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