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SOIL SAMPLES: JUNE - JULY 1964 ATF TRIP 
Palmyra Island 
( 5 ) L 123 -L 127 
L123*- 1 Under Messerschmidtia sp. in interior of island. Much 
of the ground is bare - beachrock conglomerate 
beneath thin soil layers. Fleurya sp. common. Sand 
Island. (0,5-2.5 in layer). 
L124 - 2 Under Cocos sp. Ground littered with dead fronds. Also 
present in immediate area: Messerschmidtia , Asplenium, 
and Pisonia . Home Island. (0.5-2.5 in. layer.) 
LI 2 5 - 5 .Collected on causeway leading to radio towers, Paradise 
Island. Gravel layer in upper surface. (0.5- 2.5 in. layer). 
1126 - 4 Collected on Paradise Island under Cocos, dry surface 
(0.5-2.5 in. layer) 
L127 - 5 Collected on Kaula under Cocos - Messerschmidtia grove. 
Soil deepest in depressions in the elevated beachrock. 
Cynodon sp. vigorously rooted in these soil repositories. 
(0.5-2.5 in. layer) 
Palmyra Island 
(4) L128-L131 
LI2 8 - 1 Under Hibiscus - Coccoloba on the northwest side of the 
runway. Cooped Island. One-half to three quarter Inch 
of litter. (0.5-2.5 in. layer.) j 
LI2 Q - 2 Cooper Island. Collected along the north side of the 
runway - open grassy area (l.-2. in. layer.) 
IilJO - 2a As No. 2, but a surface sample (On*.5 in. layer.) 
L131 -3 Eastern Island. Pi sonia - Pandanua forest, (l. -4. in. layer. ) 
Surface coral pebbles. Color: a distinct reddish brown. 
Appears high in organic matter* 
Washington Island 
(8)L132-L139 
Site IV - West Bog near Te Motu. 
L132 - 1 
L133 - 2 
L13^ - 3 
L135 - 4 
L136 - 5 
Site V - West Bog near Te Motu. 
L137 - 1 
L138 - 2 
L139 - 3 
Washington Island 
(38) L140-L177 
Site I collections I - XVII 
In Scirpus bog approx, one-half the distance to the entrance to 
the fresh water lagoon - on the south side of the canal and approx, 
seventy feet from the canal edge. 
Samples Ho. I - Wo. XVH (l - XVI represent 2. inch portions 
taken from the sampler.) 
* collection numbers : soils - C. R. Long 
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