Abstract
This paper has been limited chiefly to a discussion of the nature of the characteristics that are classified under the category of floristics and structure of the community. Methods of studying these characteristics and applications of the methods in grassland research have been described and evaluated. The four other categories of community characteristics, namely, environmental relations, geographic distribution, plant succession and processes involved, and classification are not considered in detail. The choice of characteristics to measure and the methods to employ depend primarily upon the purpose of the study and secondarily upon the time, equipment, assistance,etc., that can be made available. For a full understanding of a community all the characteristics must be studied. Grassland ecology will be advanced by careful consideration of all basic principles and characteristics of vegetation and by the use of methods that have yielded results or by the development of new methods.
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