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The scrub oak forests of the anthracite region

Informally Refereed

Abstract

A small portion of our forest land has probably always been covered with scrub oak. There is some evidence of this in fragments handed down to us about certain areas by early historians and travelers.

Citation

Burnham, C. F.; Ferree, M. J.; Cunningham, F. E. 1947. The scrub oak forests of the anthracite region. Station Paper NE-4. Philadelphia, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 9 p.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/13128