. Botany of the Faeröes, based upon Danish investigations. Botany -- Faroe islands. 886 mils with only a meagre rocky-flat vegetation, Ihe niajority of the piants shelter around and on the lee-side of stones. Another example of the power of the wind in the mountains may be given: One frequently comes across small patches of poM^dery soil quite devoid of any vegetation whatever; they are generally situated in a shallow depression liable to be flooded with water, but when this evaporates, the soil dries up and forms cracks arranged in a kind. Fig 167 An »Eide« at Kvalbo on Sydero. The soil over
. Botany of the Faeröes, based upon Danish investigations. Botany -- Faroe islands. 886 mils with only a meagre rocky-flat vegetation, Ihe niajority of the piants shelter around and on the lee-side of stones. Another example of the power of the wind in the mountains may be given: One frequently comes across small patches of poM^dery soil quite devoid of any vegetation whatever; they are generally situated in a shallow depression liable to be flooded with water, but when this evaporates, the soil dries up and forms cracks arranged in a kind. Fig 167 An »Eide« at Kvalbo on Sydero. The soil over large patches has been carried ofT by the wind; the portions where the plant-covering still remains form slightly elevated tables or pedestals with scarped or overhanging hoUowed out margins. (From photo. by E. Warming.) of polygonal honeycomb (»Rudemark«). In summer the gaping cracks are seen to be filled with stones varying in size from a nut to a closed fist (see Fig. 168); on the surface, however, there are hardly any stones. This we regard as evidence that the wind tumbles these stones about, and causes them to lodge in the cracks. The few trees to be found, chiefly in and about Thorshavn, are all planted in piaces sheltered from the wind, and cannot grow any higher than their shelter allows; they have the same stunted growth as the trees on the western coast of Jutland. e. Light. There are no forests on the Færoes, and the piants receive the fuU benefit of any light which may reach the surface. 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 Carlsbergfondet (Copenhagen, Denmark). Copenhagen, Nordisk Forlag, London, Wheldon
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