CHARACTER OF BROADLEAF FORESTS 
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 
North 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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