Phytologia, Vol. 80

Excerpt from Phytologia, Vol. 80: January, 1996 Sandhills occur mainly in Tertiary marine deposits on ridge tops and upper slopes, and on Pleistocene deposits on terraces near streams. The deep sandy soils are of low fertility and, because of their porous nature, water and air move rapidly through them causing rapid drying. Overstory, midstory, and herbaceous vegetation is often sparse, allowing sun to reach the ground, and in some areas, there are no trees. Reflected glare from the sand is often intense. Trees, typically a combination of overstory pines and midstory oaks, are often stunted Lichens and mosses are usually plentiful on the bare soils, and the soils, where undisturbed, are often cryptogamic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.