. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. STRUGGLE FOR SUNLIGHT 215 subdued or transmitted light, but no green plants can grow in darkness. The low plants in forests are shade-lovers. Fig. 361. Note the plants which seem to be shade-lovers and those which prefer full sunlight. Some plants adapt themselves to both sun and shade. Most ferns are shade- lovers. 355. In the midst of dense plant populations, each individual grows upwards for sunlight. Thus are for-. 366. The forest rim. Lodking tow. ests made : the competing trees become long slender boles with a mantle of foliage at the top
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. STRUGGLE FOR SUNLIGHT 215 subdued or transmitted light, but no green plants can grow in darkness. The low plants in forests are shade-lovers. Fig. 361. Note the plants which seem to be shade-lovers and those which prefer full sunlight. Some plants adapt themselves to both sun and shade. Most ferns are shade- lovers. 355. In the midst of dense plant populations, each individual grows upwards for sunlight. Thus are for-. 366. The forest rim. Lodking tow. ests made : the competing trees become long slender boles with a mantle of foliage at the top. The side branches die for lack of light and food, and they fall from decay or are broken by storm ; the wounds are healed, and the bole becomes symmetrical and trim. Fig. 362 shows the inte- rior of a primeval pine forest. Note the bare trunks and the sparse vegetation on the dim forest floor. Fig. 363 is the top of a great forest. With these pictures compare Figs. 75 and 76. Fig. 357 shows a deep wheat forest. A lone survivor of a primeval forest is shown in Fig 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan Co.
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