Anyone with an interest in plants or insects, anyone who cares for a lawn, grows a crop, or enjoys an outdoor walk sooner or later will notice galls. The purpose of this booklet is to provide brief answers to some of the common questions that people ask about galls and...
Between 43° 17' and 43° 21' north latitude along the south-central coast line of Oregon lie the collecting grounds adjacent to the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. These 10 miles of coast line, between Coos Bay and Cape Arago, provide an assortment of intertidal environments ranging from the protected brackish...
This is one in a series of pollen studies of post-Pleistocene peat and other pollen-bearing sediments in the Pacific Northwest. Bogs in British Columbia, northern Idaho, many parts of Washington, and in west central Oregon have been analyzed and the forest succession interpreted from the pollen profiles. A tentative climatic...
Included in the Bryophyta are the Hepaticae (liverworts), the Anthoceratae ( horned liverworts), and the M usci (mosses), all of which are well represented in the Willamette Valley. Since the Musci are much more abundant and conspicuous than the liverworts, they are of considerable general interest. This group comprises three...