CHAEACTEK OF BEOADLEAP FOEESTS 



moss-covered elms with straight young 

 hickories, with shrubs and vines, and 

 little seedlings sprouting among the 

 rocks and mosses. 



If we were to proceed in a continuous 

 journey from the staid forests of the 

 N^orth to the more diversified growth 

 of the intermediate States, and, going 

 on, were to visit the complex forests 

 of the South, we should notice only a 

 very gradual transition. Yet if we 

 were to study any particular region 

 within these larger areas it would be 

 found to have certain definite charac- 

 teristics. 



Let us imagine ourselves standing, 

 for instance, on some point of van- 

 tage in the Blue Ridge of Virginia, 

 the season being early May. The 

 view extends across ranges of low, 

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