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and the general character of the forest on each rock type is 
distinctive, 
The other rock formations of the region present only limited 
Opportunities for study of their associated forests because of 
their small outcrop areas. No count was obtained for the Chatta- 
nooga shale or for most of the formations of the St. Peter- 
Kinderhook Geolgic Region. On the St. Peter, however, the 
forest is similar to that on the Burlington-Boone. Shortleaf pine, 
ted and black oaks are the dominant species and pine is the 
indicator. 
CONCLUSION 
This study of the Ozark Province is offered as one more bit 
of evidence favoring the regional treatment of natural landscapes. 
The close relationships existing among the various environmental 
factors render the province an especially suitable example. Dur- 
ing the long period of erosion which the area has experienced, 
the streams have discovered the dissimilarities of lithology and 
Structure resulting in the development of distinctive physio- 
staphic types, Geology and vegetation, likewise, have shown 
themselves to be closely connected through the media of residual 
soils and of topography which influences drainage and exposure. 
