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- Title
TUSSOCK FORMATION BY SCHOENUS NIGRICANS: THE ACTION OF FIRE AND WATER EROSION.
- Authors
DAWKINS, C. J.
- Abstract
The article reports on the Tussock formation by Schoenus Nigricans or bog rush. Tussock formation is the widespread phenomenon on which published information appears to be scanty. Schoenus plants show much variation in size and consists of a more or less vertical branching stock bearing at the tips of the branches flowering stem. The establishment of the Schoenus in the new peat cutting depends upon the water conditions enduring wherein the seeds germinating only on a substratum at or closely above the water table. The article also provides an analysis of the mechanism of Tussock formation.
- Subjects
JUNCUS; JUNCACEAE; BALTIC rush; PLANTS; BOTANY; PLANT stems; SEEDS; GERMINATION; SEED pods
- Publication
Journal of Ecology, 1939, Vol 27, Issue 1, p78
- ISSN
0022-0477
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2256301