University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The vascular flora of the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area, Hamilton & Sequatchie Counties, Tennessee
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe vascular flora of the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area (NCCG) was studied during three growing seasons from 2006 to 2008. NCCG is located in Hamilton and Sequatchie counties, Tennessee, on the eastern edge of the Cumberland Plateau. Within the study area are 2,862 hectares of eastern deciduous forest that contain 12 distinct habitat types. A survey of these habitat types over three growing seasons yielded 110 families, 329 genera, and 604 species or lesser taxa, including 238 county records. Seventy-six introduced species were found, comprising 12% of the total flora. Eleven species with either a state or federal listing were documented: Castanea dentata, Diervilla lonicera, Diervilla rivularis, Glyceria acutifolia, Nestronia umbellula, Spiraea virginiana, Scutellaria montana, Sabatia capitata, Wookwardia virginica, Panax quinquefolius, and Viola tripartita. A species-area curve for the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee was constructed from this and seven other floras of the plateau. Three family level species-area linear regression lines were also constructed, showing that the natural area reaches or exceeds expectations for Asteraceae, Poaceae, and Cyperaceae.
Degree
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- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Author and committee
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- Huskins, Stacy D.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Shaw, Joey
- Wilson, Thomas; Craddock, J. Hill
- College of Arts and Sciences
Subjects
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- English, eng
Identifiers
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- https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/297
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1437