1. NOTES ON THE PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND FLORA OF THE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT PLATEAUX OF TASMANIA.
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Gibbs, L. S.
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PHYTOGEOGRAPHY ,PLANT communities ,MOUNTAIN plants ,BIOGEOGRAPHY ,FLOWERING time ,VEGETATION & climate ,HERBS ,PLANT ecology - Abstract
The article provides information on the phytogeography and flora of the Mountain Summit Plateaux in Tasmania. It states that the vegetation of the area is very homogenous in character, relatively poor in species. It cites that the flowering season on the region's different mountains varies according to its latitude and season, of which the predominant flower colors are yellow to white and pink to red. In the Tasmanian mountains, herbaceous plants are more conspicuous by its absence than its presence under prevailing Austral-montane and sub-Antarctic conditions. It highlights the chief plant associations that are taken serially from the highest points downwards.
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- 1920
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