Contents
Part 1: Background
Introduction
1. Flora
2. Environment
3. Plant communities and their distribution
4. Vegetation study methods
Part 2: Southern Forests
5. Southern forests - general
6. Southern forests - mesic
7. Southern forests - xeric
8. Southern forests - lowland
Part 3: Northern Forests
9. Northern forests - general
10. Northern forests - mesic
11. Northern forests - xeric
12. Northern forests - lowland
13. Boreal forest
Part 4: Grasslands
14. Prairie
15. Sand barrens and bracken-grassland
Part 5: Savanna and Shrub Communities
16. Savanna
17. Tall shrub communities
Part 6: Lesser Communities
18. Fen, meadow, and bog
19. Aquatic communities
20. Beach, dune, and cliff communities
21. Weed communities
Part 7: The Vegetation as a Whole
22. Postglacial history
23. The effect of man on the vegetation
24. Interrelations of communities
Appendix
Tables for Chapter 4
Figures and tables for Chapter 6
Figures and tables for Chapter 7
Figures and tables for Chapter 8
Figures and tables for Chapter 10
Figures and tables for Chapter 11
Figures and tables for Chapter 12
Figures and tables for Chapter 13
Figures and tables for Chapter 14
Figures and tables for Chapter 15
Figures and tables for Chapter 16
Figures and tables for Chapter 17
Figures and tables for Chapter 18
Figures and tables for Chapter 19
Figures and tables for Chapter 20
Figure and tables for Chapter 21
Figure for Chapter 22
Glossary
Bibliography
Species list
Index