RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANTS AT GATEWAY-NATIONAL-RECREATION-AREA - A CASE FOR PROTECTION OF URBAN NATURAL AREAS

Authors
STALTER R BYER MD TANACREDI JT
Citation
R. Stalter et al., RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANTS AT GATEWAY-NATIONAL-RECREATION-AREA - A CASE FOR PROTECTION OF URBAN NATURAL AREAS, Landscape and urban planning, 35(1), 1996, pp. 41-51
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Urban Studies","Environmental Studies
Journal title
Landscape and urban planning → ACNP
ISSN journal
01692046
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
41 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-2046(1996)35:1<41:RAEPAG>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The diversity of native plant species in urban environments is usually overlooked when biodiversity levels are considered. Inventories of na tive plants reveal many to be rare species surviving the harsh conditi ons encountered in urban ecosystems. Knowledge of their existence and an inventory of their distribution will assist in maintaining these po pulations. Protection strategies for rare plant species are outlined f or urban National Parks.