HAYNES. ST PAUL 



WINDBLOWN TREES AT TIMBERLINE 



Near the mountain-tops the wind blows incessantly, and trees are re- 

 duced to mere sprawling bushes, with branches stretched out to leeward. 



22705 g) J. E HAYNES. ST. PAUL 



SPRl'CES UNDES SUB-ALPINE Conditions 



A little below timberline the effects of the wind are not so marked, 

 but snow forces the first growth of the trees to be a sprawling mat. Later 

 the typical spire-shaped growth develops. 



