Postelsia 
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Fa 
leri are sometimes met with in this habitat yet 
they are more frequently found growing epiphyt- 
iculiycon trees: (el) VV.) 
IIT. Formations of the forest country. 
a. Vegetation of the transilion zone, 
1. Salal formation. 
Between the formations of the beach already 
considered and those of the forest proper, lies 
a well differentiated zone of vegetation which 
derives its distinctive marks from the strong 
development in it of the salal or Gaultheria 
shallon. Other shrubs and herbs go to make 
up its composition, yet the salal is the dominant 
species and attains here in this transition area 
between forest and beach its characteristic devel- 
opment. The zone exhibits such uniformity and 
continuity throughout that it is best considered 
as a distinct formation. 
Along the outer edge of the salal, generally 
in under the overhanging branches, are found a 
few shade-loving plants which occur more typic- 
ally, it seems, in the forest. Most frequent of 
these are:- 
Carex deweyana Unijolium bijolium dilatatum 
