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SOUTHERN BOTTOMLANDS 



proved themselves capable of distancing all competitors in their 

 ability to stand flooding. In fact many individuals of these 

 species stand with their roots permanently in stagnant water. 



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Fig. 6. Distribution of the Southern Bottomlands 



Along the higher river banks there is not the same monotony of 

 composition. The better growth conditions give rise to keener 

 competition. Then, too, there is further complication of clear- 

 ing for it was along the river banks that the ante-bellum com- 



