Vegetational analysis of Big Run Bog, a nonglaciated Sphagnum Bog in West Virginia.

The vegetation of a nonglaciated Sphagnum bog in West Virginia was sampled using quadrats, during the summer of 1977. Percent cover was estimated for each moss, herb, and shrub species. A minimum variance cluster analysis of the data distinguished four community types: Sphagnum-Eriophorum virginicum, Sphagnum-shrub, Polytrichum-shrub and Polytrichum-Carex canescens. The vegetation of each community and the spatial pattern of community distribution within the bog is discussed.

Main Author:	Wieder, R Kelman.
Other Authors:	McCormick, Ann., Lang, Gerald.
Language:	English
Published:	1981
Online Access:	http://ezproxy.villanova.edu/login?url=https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:179399