THE FOREST CANOPY 5) 
Trees reach maturity and gradually die as do 
animals. Some may live five thousand or more years, 
others only a few years. As a tree grows older and 
A FALLEN LIVE OAK COVERED WITH Moss. 
larger, its points of attack grow larger in number. 
It offers each year a greater surface to the gales, and 
to other destructive agencies. Unlike animals, how- 
