New Zealand plants and their story . into a community distinctfrom all these, to be known as meadow, whose special characteristicis that the dominant plant is of the ordinary grass form. On theother hand, the smaller communities of this meadow are distinguishedby the fact that their dominant members are different—rye-grass,cocksfoot, &c. So, too, in the case of the crop, it might be wheat,or oats, or barley ; or, if of roots, swedes, soft turnips, or , too, the cereals would form as a whole the large plant-community, their general form being the same ; and so, too, withthe roots a
New Zealand plants and their story . into a community distinctfrom all these, to be known as meadow, whose special characteristicis that the dominant plant is of the ordinary grass form. On theother hand, the smaller communities of this meadow are distinguishedby the fact that their dominant members are different—rye-grass,cocksfoot, &c. So, too, in the case of the crop, it might be wheat,or oats, or barley ; or, if of roots, swedes, soft turnips, or , too, the cereals would form as a whole the large plant-community, their general form being the same ; and so, too, withthe roots as a whole, for a similar reason ; but wheat, oats, otswedes would each be a smaller community, because each is adistinct kind of plant. The large and the small communities cited above may be calledplant-formations and plant-associations respectively. A plant-formationis distinguished by its general appearance—a result of the special Fig. 7.— (Htnutclia ) in forest of Ulva, Paterson Inlet(Stewart Island).. Fiu. b.—Tlie pcisifitcut juvenile fuiin of the (.oninion kuwiuii (Suphuia microithi/lla), at this stage a divaricating shrub. Trans. Inst.] {Photo, L. Cockayne.
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