. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. Fig. 53. Woodbine {Ampelopsle) in a deciduous forest. The tree trunks are almost covered by tbe dense masses of woodbine, wliose leaves are adjusted so as to form com])act mosaics, A lower stratum of vegetation is visible, composed of sbrubs and tall licrbs, shciwing that the forest is some\:hat oi)en.—After 8ciii3ir£U- ttides or Itititudes the subter- ranean and prostrate t_y})es of foliage-bearing stems are most common ; and as one passes to lower altitudes or latitndes the erect stems become more nu- merous and more lofty. Among stems of the er
. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. Fig. 53. Woodbine {Ampelopsle) in a deciduous forest. The tree trunks are almost covered by tbe dense masses of woodbine, wliose leaves are adjusted so as to form com])act mosaics, A lower stratum of vegetation is visible, composed of sbrubs and tall licrbs, shciwing that the forest is some\:hat oi)en.—After 8ciii3ir£U- ttides or Itititudes the subter- ranean and prostrate t_y})es of foliage-bearing stems are most common ; and as one passes to lower altitudes or latitndes the erect stems become more nu- merous and more lofty. Among stems of the erect t^ype the tree is the most imiiressive. and it has developed into a great vari- ety of forms or '; Any one recognizes tlie great diiier- ence in the habits of the pine and the elm (see Figs. 50, ,57, 58, 6fi), and many of onr. Flu. .'j4, a ];ortion of a woodbine {Ampdojm^). The stem tendrils lun'e attached themselves to a smooth wall by means of disk-like suckers.—After STK.\ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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