Glossary of Botanical Terms Commonly Used in Range Research

• Author(s): Annie Murray Hannay, Glen Blaine Ramsey, Guy Ervin, Harry Lawrence Wilson, Hazel Katherine Stiebeling, Paul Goodwin Redington, Robert William Ayres, Ruric Creegan Roark, Wilbur August Gersdorff, Charles Sterling Trimble, George Konrad Karl Link, Miriam Birdseye, Stanley Paul Young, W. I. Hutchinson,
• Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Pages: 48
• Language: en

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