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1966

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Some Relationships Of Vegetation To Soil And Site Factors On Wilson Mountain, Morgan County, Tennessee, William Haywood Martin Iii Aug 1966

Some Relationships Of Vegetation To Soil And Site Factors On Wilson Mountain, Morgan County, Tennessee, William Haywood Martin Iii

Masters Theses

INTRODUCTION

In this study, the forest composition of Wilson Mountain, Morgan County, Tennessee, is described and distribution of tree taxa and site factors are related.

The study arose from the need for geographic knowledge of an area where resource understanding is of great national concern, and to provide data for characterization of local forest and soil resources as an aid in their management. Of further interest is characterization of the genetic and ecological amplitude of forest tree taxa in this area close to the center of Deciduous Forest diversity.

The objectives in this study of the vegetation of Wilson Mountain …