QUERCUS ALBA 



tating touch of his neighbors' 

 branches, particularly when the 

 wind blew and the tender arms 

 were in motion. Likewise in the 

 soil beneath, his rapidly spreading 

 roots came in contact with other 

 rootlets similarly searching for the 

 plant food therein contained. Clos- 

 est to the little oak was a tiny 

 pine, an invader. Almost as near 

 was a brother oak, product of an 

 acorn from the same veteran par- 

 ent. Already the individuals of 



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