Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 394
Surface of an overhanging ledge covered with lichens. The latter, growing upon the hardest granite, cause the surface to crumble to fine dust. tance whatever. Yet it is this process that en-ables the pioneer plants to secure a foothold.The tiny cracks with the aid of their pinch ofsoil catch and… … Cliff ferns growing in cracks of the rock, where they makesoil and hasten disintegration. as a coat of green, are able to make theirhome here. They are carried by the wind fromtrees to rocks, and blown about over the latter.Lodging in the tiny crevices, they, grow andincrease in number when…
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