Published January 1999. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The purpose of the work is to enable students of botany to identify
accurately Oregon ferns, both as living plants and as dried specimens.
Therefore, it provides vegetative keys to the families, genera
and species of the ferns (Class FILICINAE) found in Oregon. Correct
names have been determined using the...
Growth basal area (GBA) is that basal area at which dominant trees grow at 1.0 inch in diameter per decade at age 100. Diameter growth rate of 1.0 inch per decade is a constant used to compare sites; basal area is a variable used to express stockability. GBA is a...