Serpentine soil - Wikipedia
Serpentine soil is an uncommon soil type produced by weathered ultramafic rock such as peridotite and its metamorphic derivatives such as serpentinite. More precisely, serpentine soil …
Serpentine Soils and Plant Adaptations - US Forest Service
Unique flora have evolved on serpentine soils, especially adapted to survive severe hardships of drought, heavy metals, and nutrient stress. The Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains of northwest …
Serpentine Soils - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Serpentine soils are characterized by a pH of 6–8, low Ca and high Mg, and low levels of N, P, and K. The severely deficient levels of N, P, K, and Ca lead to most serpentine soils …
Serpentine Soils Are Anything But Barren: They Support a …
2019年12月30日 · The Serpentine Grasslands had not always been rare and endangered. Indeed, serpentine soils extended for quite an area in the Maryland-Pennsylvania region. So, …
Serpentine Soils - Ecology - Oxford Bibliographies
2014年2月25日 · Serpentine soils are weathered products of a range of ultramafic rocks composed of ferromagnesian silicates. Serpentine more accurately refers to a group of …
American Journal of Botany - Botanical Society of America
2014年2月1日 · Serpentine soils are a model system for the study of plant adaptation, speciation, and species interactions. Serpentine soil is an edaphically stressful, low productivity soil type …
Geology - US Forest Service
Formed deep within the earth's mantle, serpentine rocks found their way to the surface over millennia. Unique flora have evolved on serpentine soils, especially adapted to survive severe …
Klamath-Siskiyou Serpentines - US Forest Service
Unique flora have evolved on serpentine soils, especially adapted to survive severe hardships of drought, heavy metals, and nutrient stress. The Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains of northwest …
"Serpentine Soils" by Nishanta Rajakaruna and R. S. Boyd
Serpentine soils are weathered products of a range of ultramafic rocks composed of ferromagnesian silicates. Serpentine more accurately refers to a group of minerals, including …
Serpentine Endemic Plants: Understanding Endemism in Stressful Soils …
2019年7月22日 · Serpentine soils contain unique plant communities that provide insight into ecological specialization and speciation. In California, serpentine soils occur in discrete …