Ground-flora composition and structure of floodplain and upland landforms of an old-growth headwater forest innorth-central Ohio1

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Abstract Holmes, K. L., P. C. Goebel (School of Natural Resources, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691), D. M. Hix (School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210), C. E. Dygert, and M. E. Semko-Duncan (School of Natural Resources, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691). Ground-flora composition and structure of floodplain and upland landforms of an old-growth headwater forest in north-central Ohio. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 132: 62–71. 2005.—We compared the ground-flora (vascular plants ≤1 m tall) composition and structure of floodplain and upland landforms, and examined the influence of environmental factors on ground-flora composition and structure, in an old-growth headwater forest in the Western Glaciated Allegheny Plateau Ecoregion of Ohio. Soil pH, percent organic matter, sand content, and clay content...