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in this region almost all of the seedlings that start as epiphytes as, for 

 example, in the mossy covering of a fallen log, soon exhaust their 

 moisture supply and succumb to di-outh; but occasionally one gets a 

 root down into the ground and continues to grow. On Queer Creek, 



Fig. 13. Th. 



rfi'inlock Forest. 



one such birch sapling was noticed, in this case Briula Juica, which had 

 started on a hemlock stump nearly a meter from the ground. It had 

 reached a diameter of nearly a decimeter, was supported on ''stilts" 



