Vegetation of the montane region of Savai'i, Western Samoa

The natural vegetation of the volcanic region of Savai'i. Western Samoa, as surveyed on an expedition in 1975. is described. The natural vegetation of the highlands consists of cloud forest and smaller amounts of lava- flow scrub, scrub and herbaceous vegetation of cinder and ash deposits, and montane meadows. All but the latter were sampled for species composition
and relative dominance of species. An annotated checklist of all flowering plant species collected or recorded on the expedition is included.

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Call Number: VF 6579 (EL)

Physical Description: 16 p. ; 29 cm