| Title | Description of the Plant Communities and Succession of the Oregon Coastal Grasslands |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 1983 |
| Authors | Ripley, James Douglas |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology |
| Degree | Ph. D. |
| Pagination | 234 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Doctoral dissertation |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Internet Resources LD4330 1984D .R56, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | biology, Cape Foulweather, Cascade Head, forest fires, grasses, invasive species, plant succession, species list, theses, Yaquina Head |
| Notes | “In an effort to describe the plant communities and succession of the Oregon coastal grasslands, vegetation and environmental data were collected from 75 stands at 24 separate locations ranging from Cape Falcon in Tillamook County to Cape Ferrelo in Curry County.” The author analyzed environmental variables in the different sites, found several previously unidentified plant communities , and identified 249 different species at the different locations. Latitude was a factor in determining plant communities, but the absence of fire was the most important factor in plant succession. Includes color photographs of studied sites, and interesting paired photographs illustrating plant succession by showing the sites decades earlier and contrasting the same view with conditions in the early 1980s. Ph. D. dissertation. Major professor was William W. Chilcote. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/z029p717g |
