Reestablishing roots of a Mohawk community and a culturally significant plant: Sweetgrass

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-264

  Shebitz, Daniela J ^a   Kimmerer, Robin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthoxanthum nitens; Basketry; Cover crops; Hierochloe odorata; Iroquois; Sweetgrass

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COVER CROP; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HIEROCHLOE; HIEROCHLOE ODORATA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 21044440589     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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