Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 397
but a matter of time until apine forest is established. The thicket persistsfor a long time, since the pines grow slowly.When the latter finally overtop them, theshrubs begin to disappear from the places mostdeeply shaded, and, with the spread of thepines, they are found only in open, sunnyplaces… … Forests less than ijo years old usually show a dense under-growth offiozuering maple, ninebark, daisies, colum-bines, harebells, and other blossoms. 1906.] THE STORY OF A FOREST. 9OI forests usually cover high rocky ridges, andslopes of gravel, especially those that look to-ward the south and…
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