Eradication of Ferns from Pasture Lands in the Eastern United States

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"There are nearly 7,500 recognized species of ferns in the world, of which number over 200 are known to be native to the United States. A few species have become weed pests in this country, and it is to a discussion of the control of these weedy ferns that this bulletin is devoted. The parts of the United States in which ferns are bad weeds are, principally, (1) the hill country of the Northeastern States and the higher portions of the Appalachian Mountain region as far south as Georgia, and (2) the Pacific coast country west of the Cascade Mountains.... … continued below

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12 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Cox, H. R. (Herbert Randolph) 1915.

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"There are nearly 7,500 recognized species of ferns in the world, of which number over 200 are known to be native to the United States. A few species have become weed pests in this country, and it is to a discussion of the control of these weedy ferns that this bulletin is devoted. The parts of the United States in which ferns are bad weeds are, principally, (1) the hill country of the Northeastern States and the higher portions of the Appalachian Mountain region as far south as Georgia, and (2) the Pacific coast country west of the Cascade Mountains.... This publication deals only with fern eradication in the Eastern States." -- p. 1-2

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12 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"September 18, 1915." -- title page

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Cox, H. R. (Herbert Randolph). Eradication of Ferns from Pasture Lands in the Eastern United States, pamphlet, 1915; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96359/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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