Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 399
groups. Clusters of thecoral root are found frequently in bloom, butthis is a leafless orchid that requires little or no 902 THE STORY OF A FOREST. light. The ground is covered with a denselayer of brown spruce needles, which furnish ahome for toadstools and cup-fungi, and in themoister places, for… … The aspen forest serves as a nurse for the young spruce trees. For many years, aspens and spruces grow side by side in a mixed forest. forest has now reached its final stage. It maystill persist in this form for several hundreds ofyears. Indeed, if it is not removed by anaccident, it is difficult…
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