Abstract

A root study was undertaken to learn about bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC) and cliffrose (Cowania stansburiana torr.) to gain some clues, perhaps, as to the causes of their present distribution. In a period extending from July 1959 to July 1960, twenty-four plants were excavated on six different sites in the Wasatch foothill belt in Utah County, Utah. Root and some soil characteristics were analyzed, described and compared.

Degree

MS

College and Department

Life Sciences; Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Rights

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Date Submitted

1960-09-01

Document Type

Thesis

Handle

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/Letd371

Keywords

Cliffroses; Purshia tridentata; Roots (Botany), Morphology; Plant ecology, Utah

Language

English

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