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Definition of Ruderals
1. ruderal [n] - See also: ruderal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruderals
Literary usage of Ruderals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"In the fall or in years of drought the pond dries to a bed of mud or moist soil,
over which the ruderals extend, followed by the slower invasion of ..."
2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Plants of this sort that inhabit fields and waste places are known as ruderals.
Often there are ruderal associations, such as those that develop on ..."
3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Plants of this sort that inhabit fields and waste places are known as ruderals.
Often there are ruderal associations, such as those that develop on ..."
4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"Already mentioned (ix., 372, 373). C. Peculiar Oils. a. Oil of Cresa.—The herb
of Lepidium ruderals and the inodorous seed of Lepidium ..."
5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1918)
"... of the quadrat method by students whose floristic knowledge is rather limited
is by the study of families of large ruderals such as Ambrosia trifida, ..."
6. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"A little buffalo grass or other native grasses, a few ruderals or native plants
of the nearby prairie made up the vegetation of the yard. ..."
7. Floral Succession in the Prairie-grass Formation of Southeastern South Dakota by Le Roy Harris Harvey (1908)
"Two composites, taking a minor place in the formation, must be mentioned.
While belonging to the formation proper, they function mainly as ruderals. ..."
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