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RESEARCH LITERATURE

The Research Literature database was created and funded by the Florida Wildflower Foundation. Use the search features below to find scientific articles on native wildflowers that are commercially available or used in restoration projects.

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Mechanisms of exclusion of native coastal marsh plants by an invasive grass

Author(s): T. E. Minchinton, J. C. Simpson, M. D. Bertness

Year: 2006

Journal: Journal of Ecology
Volume: 94
Issue: 2
Pages: 342-35

Article Topic(s): Competition, Human Use
Research Setting(s): Greenhouse, Coastal

Species Referenced: Solidago sempervirens (Seaside goldenrod),

Abstract

Quantify how the invasive grass, Phragmites australis, excludes two common forbs (Atriplex patula var. hastata and Solidago sempervirens), in a brackish marsh in southern New England. The article concludes that P. australis excludes native forbs through competition at the ground and above-ground levels but not through allelopathy.

Suggested Citation

T. E. Minchinton, J. C. Simpson, and M. D. Bertness. "Mechanisms of exclusion of native coastal marsh plants by an invasive grass." Journal of Ecology 94.2 (2006): 342-354.
Last Updated: 2015-02-26
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