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SYNOPSIS OF METHODS USED TO MAP HISTORICAL VEGETATION IN OREGON, BASED ON GENERAL LAND OFFICE SURVEY NOTES
John A. Christy, Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, Oregon State University and Edward R. Alverson, The Nature Conservancy of Oregon. Revised October 2009.
CLASSIFICATION OF HISTORICAL VEGETATION IN OREGON, AS RECORDED BY GENERAL LAND OFFICE SURVEYORS
John A. Christy, Edward R. Alverson, Molly P. Dougherty, Susan C. Kolar, Clifford W. Alton, Susan M. Hawes, Gene Hickman, Jennifer A. Hiebler, Eric M. Nielsen Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, Oregon State University. Revised April 2008.
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