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Fig. 1. A view of the steep bare north side of Stone Mountain and the pure broad 
leaf forest on the narrow talus at the base. 
Fig. 7. A mixed forest southeast of Stone Mountain. 
growing. One might fancy these as the ravines on the north side of 
Stone Mountain that a million years or more have wrought. 
In these clean, shallow grooves, or water courses, the pure, light 
grey granite is exposed, while the areas between them are covered with 
lichens of a dark grey color. This gives the north side a striated 
aspect. 
