Classification of the natural communities of Massachusetts
By: by Patricia C. Swain and Jennifer B. Kearsley
Contributors: Kearsley, Jennifer B.; Massachusetts. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program
Publisher: Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Westborough, MA
Language: eng
Subjects: Natural areas; Biotic communities; Classification
Description: ...The intent is to describe areas of vegetation (communities) that can be identified in the field and to accurately (if arbitrarily) divide the vegetation of Massachusetts into identifiable and useful categories; 105 different "communities" of vegetation are discussed in the categories of Terrestrial (land), Palustrine (freshwater and non-tidal wetlands), and Estuarine...
Notes: "Draft, July 2000."

Includes bibliographical references (references 1-7).