Succession in Desert Vegetation on Streets of a Nevada Ghost Town
Philip V. Wells
Abstract
Philip V. Wells
Abstract
Vegetation was sampled on the old street system of Wahmonie, Nevada, and on a less disturbed area immediately adjacent. The vegetation on the denuded upland site showed a large increase in bunch-grass and an invasion by pioneer shrubs which ordinarily are chiefly confined to dry washes.
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Vegetation was sampled on the old street system of Wahmonie, Nevada, and on a less disturbed area immediately adjacent. The vegetation on the denuded upland site showed a large increase in bunch-grass and an invasion by pioneer shrubs which ordinarily are chiefly confined to dry washes.
Key concepts: Vegetation (pathology), Ecological succession, Desert (philosophy), Geography, Archaeology, Plant community, Geology, Hydrology (agriculture)