Ipostelsia 49 



b Forest of higrher altitudes. 



(100-300 meters.) 



It is not to be understood that there is any 

 sharp demarcation line or very natural division 

 between what here is designated as forests of low 

 and hio;h altitudes. The forest of the lower level 

 sjrades into that of the his/her and as these higher 

 levels are reached new conditions are met with 

 under which the forest assumes a different look. 

 The immediate effects of the ocean and the winds 

 blowing over it are not so strongly asserted, al- 

 though the subtler influences permeate even to 

 great distances. That less moisture reaches 

 these heights is well shown by the fact that 

 heavy clouds of mist hang very low, often only 

 half way up the slopes. That the moisture con- 

 tent of the soil is much less than below is self 

 evident. The forest becomes more open. There 

 are frequent small knolls or elevations which are 

 covered only by shrubs and underbrush. Again 

 swamps and Sphagnum bogs occur. The trees 

 which are characteristic of the forest below are 

 also to be found here but with altered rank, 



