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be drying up the soil and preventing the decomposition of 

 the leaves. Grass soon starts to grow in these open spaces 





FIG. 140. First Stage of Deterioration. The woodland is too open 

 and grass has taken the place of the humus cover. 



and the whole character of the woodland changes as shown 

 in Figs. 140 and 141. 



Where any of these conditions exist, the woodland 



