consociation
consociation A phytosociological term of the British and American traditions, meaning a community with a single dominant species (e.g. an oak or beech wood). The term is also used by the Uppsala school. (A community with several dominants is a plant association.)
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Plant Association , plant association (association) A term loosely applied in the classification of vegetation communities and given varying interpretations in different… Dominant , dominant •abeyant, mayn't •ambient, circumambient •gradient, irradiant, radiant •expedient, ingredient, mediant, obedient •valiant • salient • resili… Organismic , organismic Applied to groups of organisms, or communities, that are thought to have properties (e.g. homoeostasis or reproduction) similar to those o… Apical Dominance , apical dominance Josias Braun-blanquet , plant sociology, ecology, botany.
Braun-Blanquet founded the Zürich-Montpellier school of plant sociology (or phytosociology). The school was so name… Bog , bog / bäg; bôg/ • n. wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body: the island is a wilderness of bog a peat bog fig. a bog of legal complication…
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