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Station #1 was two miles south of A & M College, 

 Mississippi, located about 33° 30* North Latitude. 

 This comprised a woodlot covering several acres and 

 occupied "by two distinct forest types , separated 

 "by a small pasture, Ulmus alata.Quercus stellata 

 ^. f alcata» S. velutina , Q. rv/bra . Carya ovata . C. alba. 

 and C, glabra predominated in the first part,' Of the 

 shrubs in this region Crataegus sp, and Rhus sp, v.'ere 

 the most common ones.On the shaded forest floor v/ere 

 also numerous sprouts of oak and many tall herbaceous 

 Compo sitae, The other part of this woodlot consisted 

 mainly of pine woods where Pinus taeda« P« echinata 

 and Junipeirus virginiana predominated with scattered 

 individuals of Cornus florida and Celtis Mississippiensis, 

 Many parts of the floor of this open forest are 

 exposed to the direct rays of the sun for much of 

 the day and are covered by a thick layer of pine 

 needles. 



In the hardwood section of station #1 the 

 epiphytic polypody grows on several species of trees. 

 It v/as found on the north side of Carya alba very 

 close to the ground, A small patch of it was also 

 found growing on the ground itself close to the tree. 

 The epiphyte, however, occurred not only on the north 

 side of the tree but was found also on the northwest 

 and southwest sides of individual trees of the same 

 species, but there it is always close to the ground. 



