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A Meta-Analysis Of The Human Uses Of Pteridophytic Species In Tennessee, Diana Sevier
A Meta-Analysis Of The Human Uses Of Pteridophytic Species In Tennessee, Diana Sevier
Honors Theses
Pteridophytes are an ancient lineage of plants, composed of ferns and fern allies, which are spread across the globe. There is also a long record of humans using pteridophytes to their benefit, which includes the broad categories of medicine, ornamentation, food, phytoremediation, and agriculture. Understanding these concepts, the goal of this thesis was to conduct a meta-analysis which pulled together data from many resources on the 94 Tennessee pteridophyte species to create a repository of human use information, as well as to examine, analyze, and comment on the trends present within and between taxonomic groups of pteridophytes. The methods used …