The Pocono till barrens: Shrub savanna persisting on soils favoring forest

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 330-349

  Latham, Roger Earl ^a,b   Thompson, John E ^a   Riley, Sarah A ^a   Wibiralske, Anne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrens; Heathlands; Illinoian glacial till; Kalmia angustifolia; Pennsylvania; Pinus rigida; Quercus ilicifolia; Rhododendron canadense; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ILLINOIA; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PINUS RIGIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILICIFOLIA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON CANADENSE; VACCINIUM;

EID: 5844384161     PISSN: 00409618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2996782     Document Type: Article

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