Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 396
of soil.Upon the soil formed by the crust lichens Large tufts of mountain anise follow the evening primrose and bind the sliding pebbles still more firmly. with finer particles. The seeds of many flower-ing plants are blown into gravel slides andlodge between the pebbles. The heat and 1906.] THE… … Daisies and grasses next invade the conqitered slopes. are buried by the slipping gravel. The fewthat succeed are able to grow long tap rootswhich reach down to the moist layer of gravel,and usually form rosettes or mats of leaveswhich keep the gravel from slipping. Theleaves are also protected…
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