The "O" Horizon

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This proposal seeks to expand the concept of litter to include the largely organic layer of material
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the environment as litter, can any percentage of the seed reliably be expected to germinate and
persist in situ, establishing as population, and thereby becoming part of the succession of comĥ
munities there?"

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1 A.A. Reznicek. Lecture. Michigan Botanical Club. University of Michigan Biostation, Pellston, Michigan. 25 May 2012.
2 Del Tredici. Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 2010.
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6. Invoice from Native Plant Nursery, LLC for contextually indigenous graminoids and
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7. Diagram of prototype “O” horizon litter, as displayed herewith