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the particular areas where forests are found. Similar 

 poor areas within the general limits of the Deciduous 

 Forest region are also often occupied by local conif- 



FiG. 128. — The Coast Redwood {Sequoia sempervirens) in central 

 California. These trees grow to a diameter nearly equalling the 

 giant sequoia of the Sierra Nevada, and to a somewhat greater 

 height. They are rigidly confined to the zone of sea-fogs near the 

 coast, and are best developed on the seaward slope of the outer line 

 of coast ranges, (Crandall.) 



erous forests, as for example, the Pine Barrens of New- 

 Jersey. 



The Grasslands are covered with a vegetation of 

 herbs and grasses, having trees only in specially favored 

 localities. In the summer they often present a magnifi- 



