Savannas, Barrens, and Rock Outcrop Plant Communities of North America

A coherent, readable summary of the technical information available on savannas, barrens and rock outcrop plant communities.

Roger C. Anderson (Edited by), James S. Fralish (Edited by), Jerry M. Baskin (Edited by)

9780521035811, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 April 2007

484 pages, 92 b/w illus. 56 tables
24.5 x 17 x 3 cm, 0.77 kg

'I thoroughly recommend this book to anybody interested in the vegetation of North America and to those studying similar vegetation in other parts of the world. Congratulations to the editors on making so much information available in this single volume.' Annals of Botany

Savannas and barrens were major components of the historic North American landscape before it was extensively altered by agricultural and urban development during the past century. Rock outcrop plant communities and serpentine barrens are of interest because they are refugia for endemic species adapted to extreme environmental conditions. Many of these communities have been reduced to less than one per cent of their original area and are imperiled ecosystems. This book provides a coherent, readable summary of the technical information available on savannas, barrens and rock outcrop plant communities. It is organized by region into four parts: eastern south-eastern region, central/midwest region, western/south-western region, and northern region. Written by internationally recognized regional specialists, each chapter includes a description of the climate, geology, soils associated with the community, and information about its historic and current vegetation.

List of contributors
Introduction Roger C. Anderson, James S. Fralish, and Jerry M. Baskin
Part I. Eastern/Southeastern Region: 1. Ecology and conservation of Florida scrub Eric S. Menges
2. Southeastern pine savannas William J. Platt
3. New Jersey pine plains: the 'true barrens' of the New Jersey pine barrens David J. Gibson, Robert A. Zampella and Andrew G. Windisch
4. Vegetation, flora, and plant physiological ecology of serpentine barrens of eastern North America R. Wayne Tyndall and James C. Hull
5. The mid-Appalachian shale barrens Suzanne H. Braunschweig, Eric T. Nilsen and Thomas F. Weiboldt
6. Eastern granite outcrops Donald J. Shure
7. High-elevation outcrops and barrens of the southern Appalachian mountains Susan K. Wiser and Peter S. White
Part II. Central/Midwest Region: 8. Dry soil oak savanna in the Great Lakes region Susan Will-Wolf and Forest Stearns
9. Deep-soil savannas and barrens of the Midwestern United States Roger C. Anderson and Marlin L. Bowles
10. Open woodland communities of southern Illinois, western Kentucky and middle Tennessee James S. Fralish, Scott B. Franklin and David D. Close
11. The big barrens region of Kentucky and Tennessee Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin and Edward W. Chester
12. Cedar glades of southeastern United States Jerry M. Baskin and Carol C. Baskin
13. Savanna, barrens and glade communities of the Ozark Plateaus Province Alice Long Heikens
14. The cross timbers B. W. Hoagland, I. H. Butler, F. L. Johnson and S. Glenn
Part III. Western/Southwestern Region: 15. Ponderosa and limber pine woodlands Dennis H. Knight
16. The sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) communities of the Llano Estacado: history, structure, ecology and restoration Shivcharn S. Dhillion and Michelle H. Mills
17. Oak savanna in the American Southwest Mitchel P. McClaran and Guy R. McPherson
18. Juniper-Piñon savannas and woodlands of western North America Neil E. West
19. Serpentine barrens of western North America A. R. Kruckeburg
20. California oak savanna Barbara Allen-Diaz, James W. Bartolome and Mitchell P. McClaran
Part IV. Northern Region: 21. Jack pine barrens of the northern Great Lakes region Kurt S. Pregitzer and Sari C. Sanders
22. The cliff ecosystem of the Niagara escarpment D. W. Larson, U. Mattes-Sears and P. E. Kelley
23. Alvars of the Great Lakes region Paul M. Catling and Vivian R. Brownell
24. The flora and ecology of southern Ontario granite barrens Paul M. Catling and Vivian R. Brownell
25. The aspen parkland of Canada O. W. Archibold
26. Subarctic lichen woodlands E. A. Johnson and K. Miyanishi
Index of plants
Index of animals
Topic index.

Subject Areas: Plant ecology [PSTS]