B. A. Roberts and J. Proctor  

• Introduction
• Geology
  • Serpentine and the geology of serpentinized rocks
  • by John Malpas
• North America
  • Plant life of western North American ultramafics
  • by Art R. Kruckeberg
  • Ecology of serpentinized areas, Newfoundland, Canada
  • by Bruce A. Roberts
  • A phyto-ecological investigation of the Mount Albert serpentinized plateau
  • by Luc Sirois and Miroslav M. Grandtner
• Europe
  • Chemical and ecological studies on the vegetation of ultramafic sites in Britain
  • by John Proctor
  • The ecology of serpentinized areas of north-east Portugal
  • by Eugenio Menezes de Sequeira and A. R. Pinto Da Silva
    • Introduction
    • Geology
    • Climate
    • Soils
    • Weathering and soil genesis
    • Element behavior in soil genesis
    • Flora
    • Plant behavior and chemistry
    • Vegetation
  • Distribution of serpentinized massives on the Balkan peninsulas and their ecology
  • by Budislav Tatic and V. Velovic
  • The distribution and ecology of the vegetation of altramafic soils in Italy
  • by Ornella Vergnano Gambi
• Far East and Japan
  • The vegetation over ultramafic rocks in the tropical Far East
  • by John Proctor
  • The distribution and extent of serpentinized areas in Japan
  • by Naoharu Mizuno and Shiro Nosaka
• Africa
  • The ecology of ultramafic areas in Zimbabwe
  • by John Proctor and Monica M. Cole
  • The vegetation over mafic and ultramafic rocks in the Transvaal Lowveld, South Africa
  • by Monica M. Cole
• Australasia
  • The vegetation of the greenstone belts of Western Australia
  • by Monica M. Cole
  • The serpentinized areas of New Zealand, their structure and ecology
  • by William G. Lee
• Concluding Remarks