vascular flora of Coffee County, Alabama, The

Castanea, Sep 2002 by Martin, Brian H, Woods, Michael, Diamond, Alvin R Jr

This survey of the vascular flora of Coffee County will add to our floristic knowledge of south Alabama, and add to the overall knowledge of the flora of Alabama. Also, we hope this study will be useful in informing the public of the importance of preserving habitats and their associated plants. This, in turn, could help to maintain biodiversity and establish ecological stability throughout South Alabama and the Coastal Plain Providence of the Southeastern United States.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We wish to thank Jane Middlebrooks for preparing Figure 1 and Dr. Ross C. Clark (Eastern Kentucky University) for providing collection numbers for specimens he collected from Coffee County. The comments of editor Dr. Paul A. Schmalzer and two outside reviewers are greatly appreciated. Financial support for this project was provided by the Alabama Wildflower Society and the Alabama Department of Public Health ALERT Grant.

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