New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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171 VEGETATION STUDIES ON SECRETARY ISLAND, FIORDLAND
PART 2: THE PLANT COMMUNITIES

P. Wardle

Botany Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Christchurch

Abstract Eighteen plant communities are distinguished and their relationship to climatic and edaphic factors is discussed. A striking contrast exists between the communities occupying soils that are relatively deep, well drained and relatively fertile, and those occupying soils that are either shallow because of solid rock lying near the surface or effectively shallow because of high water tables, and infertile.

N.Z. J. Bot. 1 : 171-87
(Received for publication, 28 February 1963)

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