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Serpentine and non-serpentine edaphic ecology and the recovery of Lomatium cookii (Apiaceae), an endangered endemic of southwest Oregon

Creator:

Silvernail, Ian S.

Abstract:

The role of unusual geologies in plant distribution and form is well-known. Serpentine (ultramafic) soils exert a particularly strong influence on plants, as evidenced by a high level of endemism and the morphological and physiological traits displayed in adaptation to the extraordinary chemistry of these substrates. Adaptation may lead to...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

differentiation. Lomatium cookii Kagan (Apiaceae) is found in southwest Oregon in two isolated population