Plant community patterns of low-gradient forested floodplains in a New Jersey urban landscape

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-242

  Aronson, Myla F J ^a   Hatfield, Colleen A ^a   Hartman, Jean Marie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Floodplain forests; Hydrogeomorphic models; New Jersey; Passaic River; River gradient; Urban landscapes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; PASSAIC RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARINUM; ACER SACCHARUM; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 6344258566     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126953     Document Type: Article

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