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temperate in nature, in spite of the prevalence of large Tree-ferns. 

 Stately Conifers such as the Kauri {Agathis australis) and various 

 species of Podocarptis, and huge dicotyledonous trees with leathery 

 leaves, are among the various and usually mixed dominants, with 

 species of the smallish-leafed Southern Beech (Nothofagus) especially 

 in the less luxuriant upland regions of the south. Although bright 



Fig. 102. — Bald-cypress (Taxodium distichwn) swamp in southeastern United 



States. The dominant trees have ' breathing ' roots growing up into the air. 



Their branches are heavily festooned with Spanish-moss. In the foreground are 



floating-leaf and other early stages of the hydrosere. 



