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Seedlings were similarly starting in sheltered places beyond 

 the forest. Beside many a strong clump of grass, for example, 

 the ash surface was fairly covered with small seedlings, pre- 

 sumably of the same species. (See page 50.) In many places 

 beneath the omnipresent Equisetum such seedlings, especially 

 those of Deschampsia caespitosa, were so thick as to form a 

 veritable turf over the ground. (See page 44). In less sheltered 

 situations, the seedlings often appear along the lines washed 

 by the run-off from rains. (See cut below). A similar phe- 



Pholograph by D. B. Church 



SEEDLINGS COMING UP WHERE "PLANTED" BY STORM WATER. 

 Polygonum aviculare and a grass. The intervening spaces where the seeds, pre- 

 sumably present, were not covered by washed-in sand are bare. at* 



nomenon was observed much more conspicuously in Katmai 

 Valley and will be discussed in detail in a succeeding paper. 

 It is believed to be due to the fact that the running water 

 buries the seeds beneath a layer of ash, thus preventing their 

 blowing away and giving them a chance to start. 



Beside these yearling plants were a very few others, especially 

 of spruce and alder, which had started in earlier years and 

 persisted. These were continuing to grow slowly. Some of 



