Abstract
Binary discriminant analysis of 161 species lists including 134 woody taxa taken from the Maryland Piedmont and inner Coastal Plain reveals that 19% of the species respond significantly to vasiation in slope angle, 36% to rock type, and 22% to topographic position. Response to rock type was greatest because the area sampled was quite large and included extensive areas underlain by distinctive lithologies. Species groupings produced by binary discriminant analysis and based on common patterns of preference or avoidance for rock type and topographic position correspond well with associations or community types which have been recognized by previous investigators.
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