The Forests of the Philippines. 



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Tanguile-oak. Molave. 



Pine. 



Mangrove. 



Beech. 



Mossy forest. 



Fairly well Fairly well Usually a Long, short, or Long, short, or Usually well 



distribut e d distribut e d distinct dry no dry sea- no dry sea- distribut e d 



throughou t throughou t season. son. son. throughou t 



the year; the year to the year, 



short or no a distinct 



dry season. dry season. 



Hige to very Fairly low Low to high . . Fairly h i ^ h. Usually 1 o w D a i 1 y range 



great, but 

 high at 

 night. 



high, ex- during dry Usually 

 cept in dry season; above 900 

 season. h i g d dur- meters. 



ing rainy 



season. 



From 400 to Usually near 



900 meters. sea level to 



150 meters. 



or low dur- 

 ing dry sea- 

 son. 



during dry 

 season. 



Between low Near sea level Above 900 

 and high meters, 



tide. 



Very shallow Usually o n O n shallow Usually Sandy or peb- 



to fairly 

 deep; some 

 times fairly 

 dry ; v o 1 - 

 canic rock. 



limes tone 

 rock; shal 

 low soil 

 dry. 



soil above 

 1 i m estone, 

 or in deep 

 soils not 

 limesto n e; 

 dry to moist 



a muddy, 

 deep, delta 

 soil; also 

 coral lime- 

 stone and 

 sandy soil; 

 wet. 



bly soil; 

 very dry 

 during dry 

 season. 



Rock expo- 

 sure near 

 surface; soil 

 shallow; 

 V o 1 c a nic 

 rock. 



UsuallyUsually Steep slope Gently shelv- Gently shelv- Very rough, 

 rough ; steep slopes ; to level ing. ing. 



some gentle some gen- ground, 

 slopes. tie. 



20 to 150 cu- 50 cubic me- 100 cubic me- 130 cubic me- Under 25 cu- No estimate, 

 bic meters. tersand tersand tersand bic meters, 

 under. under. under. 



Medium Fairly com- i or 2 species About 10 spe- Simple Simple to me- 



complex. plex. of pines. cies. dium com- 



plex. 



Open to Open; decid- Open; ever- Open to Open; ciecid- Open to 

 closed ; edly decid- green. close d ; edly decid- closed ; 



evergreen. uous. evergreen. uous. evergreen. 



Very irregu- \'cry irregu- Regular t o Fairly regu- Irregular . . . Irregular. 

 lar. lar. irregular. lar. 



Fairly abun- None None Almost stem- Very few ... Many small 



dant but less n i p a ones, 



small. palm. 



None ' Abundant or. ... do None Very few, if P r a c t ically 



none. any. none. 



Fairly abun- A b u n d a n t. . . . do do Very few . ■. . Fairly abun 



dant. climb ing dant. 



bamboo. 



Complex .... Complex .... Very few . . . Very few .... Complex .... Complex. 



