. The nascent forest of the Miscou Beach plain [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 1906] GANOXG—XASCEXT FOREST OF MtSCOU BEACH 103 Physically the situation is> much more protected than the zones out- side of it, and, lying at a slill lower level, it has a moister soil. The soil, however, is slill of sand, though it contains some humus from the decaying vegetation and must derive some mineral matter by diffusion and drainage from the upland. Very likely also the sand is shallower here than farther out (fig. 2), and hence some influence of the minerals of the underlying s^il may be felt, while in
. The nascent forest of the Miscou Beach plain [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 1906] GANOXG—XASCEXT FOREST OF MtSCOU BEACH 103 Physically the situation is> much more protected than the zones out- side of it, and, lying at a slill lower level, it has a moister soil. The soil, however, is slill of sand, though it contains some humus from the decaying vegetation and must derive some mineral matter by diffusion and drainage from the upland. Very likely also the sand is shallower here than farther out (fig. 2), and hence some influence of the minerals of the underlying s^il may be felt, while in places an appreciable enriching of the soil must result from the decay of. Fic. 14.—Typical closed woods, chiefly of white sprue . i 'it with some deciduous trees in the background; the closed forest carpet shows in the glade of the left fore- ground. the bodies of the walrus, formerly slain here in great numbers, as manifest by their semi-fossil bones.** These additional sources of mineral nutrients, however, by no means furnish a supply sufficient for the proper growth of the woods, for in every <'eature they exhibit marked depauperation as compared with the same species on the neighboring upland. In relation to the preceding zone, the closed woods consist essen- * Described more fully in a note in Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. N. B. No. 24:463. 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 Ganong, William F. (William Francis), 1864-1941. [Chicago?] : University of Chicago Press
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