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pond to a Carex nardina tuft); they may, however, measure 

 10 — 15cm in height and upwards of Im in length; several 

 are not from this year, as they have clearly been covered by 

 water, are sometimes a little water-eroded and now and then 

 intersected by drought cracks. The biggest sand drifts are 

 formed by Salix and J)ryas. 



Fig. 19. Greatly demolished Salix-åuno, in front of a new sand-drift. Klit- 

 dalen. (From photo, by Chr. Kruuse). 



On the somewhat higher land environing the "Stensletter" 

 are rather high (up to 1 m) dunes (flg. 19) around Salix groen- 

 landica tufts in all stages of building up and demolition; the 

 intervening ground is of the nature of "Stensletten", but thi 

 sand in the drifts is fine, stonefree drift sand. This is no 

 question of any washing-out phenomenon, as there neither is 

 any running water nor can be any considerable supply thereof. 



At a still higher level are smaller flats of "living" dune sand 



