Title

The Evergreen Forests of Liberia: A Report on Investigations made in the West African Republic of Liberia by the Yale University School of Forestry in Cooperation with the Firestone Plantations Company

Authors

G. Proctor Cooper
Samuel J. Record

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

1931

Volume

31

Abstract

Liberia is a forested country and a large proportion of it is covered with what is popularly known as jungle. This is the region of abundant rainfall and the forests are evergreen. The term 'evergreen' refers to the fact that the forest appears in full leaf the year round and does not signify conifers, for in all the country there is not a Pine or Fir or Hemlock or Cedar, such as constitute the evergreen forests of the North. The West African forests are composed of broadleaf trees and palms.

Comments

description of over 60 families of tropical trees found in Liberia

52 half-acre sample plots for quantitative analysis, size and number of species

Checklist of Bassa, Mendi, and English names for trees

Recommended Citation

Cooper, G. Proctor, and Samuel J. Record. 1931. The Evergreen Forests of Liberia: A Report on Investigations made in the West African Republic of Liberia by the Yale University School of Forestry in Cooperation with the Firestone Plantations Company. Yale School of Forestry Bulletin 31. xi, 153 pp. + plates