A first approximation of the historical and extant vascular flora of New York City: Implications for native plant species conservation

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-251

  DeCandido, Robert ^a,d   Muir, Adrianna A ^b   Gargiullo, Margaret B ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Government of New york   (United States)

^d Ben Gurion University of the Negev Eilat Campus   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diversity; Extant flora; Extirpation; Historical flora; Native species; New York City

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; HISTORICAL RECORD; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; STATEN ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6344260394     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126954     Document Type: Review

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