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A field guide to the natural communities of Michigan /
Overview: The culmination of three decades of work by Michigan Natural Features Inventory ecologists, this essential guidebook to the natural communities of Michigan introduces the diverse terrain of a unique state. Small enough to carry in a backpack, this field guide provides a system for dividing...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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East Lansing, MI :
Michigan State University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Table 1: Natural Community Types by Ecological Class and Group
- Table 2: Natural Community State Ranks
- Table 3: Soil pH Ranges
- Key to the natural community
- Types of Michigan
- Palustrine Class:
- Marsh Group:
- Submergent Marsh
- Emergent Marsh
- Great Lakes Marsh
- Inland Salt Marsh
- Coastal Plain Marsh
- Intermittent Wetland
- Northern Wet Meadow
- Southern Wet Meadow
- Interdunal Wetland
- Wet Prairie Group:
- Wet Prairie
- Wet-mesic Prairie
- Wet-mesic Sand Prairie
- Lakeplain Wet Prairie
- Lakeplain Wet-mesic Prairie
- Fen Group:
- Poor Fen
- Patterned Fen
- Northern Fen
- Prairie Fen
- Coastal Fen
- Bog Group:
- Bog
- Muskeg
- Shrub Wetland Group:
- Inundated Shrub Swamp
- Northern Shrub Thicket
- Southern Shrub-Carr
- Forested Wetland Group:
- Poor Conifer Swamp
- Rich Conifer Swamp
- Rich Tamarack Swamp
- Hardwood-Conifer Swamp
- Floodplain Forest
- Northern Hardwood Swamp
- Southern Hardwood Swamp
- Wet-mesic Flatwoods
- Terrestrial Class:
- Prairie Group:
- Hillside Prairie
- Dry Sand Prairie
- Dry-mesic Prairie
- Mesic Prairie
- Mesic Sand Prairie
- Savanna Group:
- Pine Barrens
- Oak-Pine Barrens
- Oak Barrens
- Oak Openings
- Lakeplain Oak Openings
- Bur Oak Plains
- Forest Group:
- Dry Northern Forest
- Dry-mesic Northern Forest
- Mesic Northern Forest
- Boreal Forest
- Dry Southern Forest
- Dry-mesic Southern Forest
- Mesic Southern Forest
- Palustrine/Terrestrial Class:
- Wooded Dune & Swale Group:
- Wooded Dune & Swale Group:
- Wooded Dune & Swale complex
- Primary Class:
- Dunes Group:
- Open Dunes
- Great Lakes Barrens
- Sand/Cobble Shore Group:
- Sand & Gravel Beach
- Limestone Cobble Shore
- Sandstone Cobble Shore
- Volcanic Cobble Shore
- Bedrock Lakeshore Group:
- Limestone Bedrock Lakeshore
- Sandstone Bedrock Lakeshore
- Granite Bedrock Lakeshore
- Volcanic Bedrock Lakeshore
- Bedrock Grassland Group:
- Alvar
- Bedrock Glade Group:
- Limestone Bedrock Glade
- Granite Bedrock Glade
- Volcanic Bedrock Glade
- Northern Bald
- Lakeshore Cliff/Bluff Group:
- Clay Bluff
- Limestone Lakeshore Cliff
- Sandstone Lakeshore Cliff
- Granite Lakeshore Cliff
- Volcanic Lakeshore Cliff
- Inland Cliff Group:
- Limestone Cliff
- Sandstone Cliff
- Granite Cliff
- Volcanic Cliff
- Subterranean/Sink Class:
- Karst Group:
- Cave
- Sinkhole
- Notes
- Glossary
- References.