East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations 12-2014 The aV scular Flora of Steele Creek Park and a Quantitative Study of Vegetation Patterns in Canopy Gaps, Sullivan County, Tennessee Phillip C. Klahs East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: http://dc.etsu.edu/etd Recommended Citation Klahs, Phillip C., "The asV cular Flora of Steele Creek Park and a Quantitative Study of Vegetation Patterns in Canopy Gaps, Sullivan County, Tennessee" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2463. http://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2463 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Vascular Flora of Steele Creek Park and a Quantitative Study of Vegetation Patterns in Canopy Gaps, Sullivan County, Tennessee A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Biology by Phillip Charles Klahs December 2014 Dr. Tim McDowell, Chair Dr. Foster Levy Dr. Tom Laughlin James T. Donaldson Keywords: Vascular Plants, Floristic Survey, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Canopy Gaps, Study Plots ABSTRACT The Vascular Flora of Steele Creek Park and a Quantitative Study of Vegetation Patterns in Canopy Gaps, Sullivan County, Tennessee by Phillip Klahs An inventory of vascular plants was conducted in Steele Creek Park in Sullivan County, Tennessee from March 2013 to September 2014.