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strong reseml)lance l:)et\veen it and that of a neglected field is 

 at once apparent. 



Mesophytic shrub. Of mesophytic vegetation classes, in 

 which shrubby or woody plants are predominant, a number of 



Fig. 235. — Roadside vegetation in summer. After photograpli 

 by Williams. 



special varieties might be described for Minnesota. Here 

 would come the oak scrubs, the sumac and maple underbrush. 



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Fig. 236. — Roadside vegetation in winter, St. Anthony Park. Oaks, 

 sunflowers and golden rods. After photograph by Williams. 



the hazel scrub which is particularly abundant in Minnesota 

 and the poplar scrub in which the dominant plant is the com- 



