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... Mountain and Pacific Coast Forests— Causes of Distribution - The Warfare of the Forest - How Phases of the Struggle Become of Importance in Silviculture- Weapons of Offense and Defense - Windfalls - Succession of Species - The Forest ...
... Mountain and Pacific Coast Forests— Causes of Distribution - The Warfare of the Forest - How Phases of the Struggle Become of Importance in Silviculture- Weapons of Offense and Defense - Windfalls - Succession of Species - The Forest ...
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... Mountain regions , including the minor moun- tain ranges of the great basin ; and the Pacific coast forest . The immense areas lying between these subdivisions are occupied by the grass plains of the eastern slope and the alkali and ...
... Mountain regions , including the minor moun- tain ranges of the great basin ; and the Pacific coast forest . The immense areas lying between these subdivisions are occupied by the grass plains of the eastern slope and the alkali and ...
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... Mountain chain , swept up its ridges and peaks , leaving bare but a few of the highest tops , filled the broad longitudinal valleys , and descended into the great rolling plain of the Mississippi country . But here its character changed ...
... Mountain chain , swept up its ridges and peaks , leaving bare but a few of the highest tops , filled the broad longitudinal valleys , and descended into the great rolling plain of the Mississippi country . But here its character changed ...
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... Mountain and the Pacific , the coniferous or ever- green trees have almost a monopoly . Not as if there were no broad - leaved species in those sec- tions . There are many , oaks , maples , poplars , and others . But they form little ...
... Mountain and the Pacific , the coniferous or ever- green trees have almost a monopoly . Not as if there were no broad - leaved species in those sec- tions . There are many , oaks , maples , poplars , and others . But they form little ...
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... Mountain region from those of the Atlantic side is that they nowhere cover such immense areas in unbroken compactness . They are distributed along the mountain ranges in belts , leaving bare the highest portions where reigns the eternal ...
... Mountain region from those of the Atlantic side is that they nowhere cover such immense areas in unbroken compactness . They are distributed along the mountain ranges in belts , leaving bare the highest portions where reigns the eternal ...
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