On Dun Mountain (middle distance) the nature of the rocks controls the vegetation. Dunite, which underlies the ground here, forms very infertile soils on which no trees can grow. Where the belt of dunite gives way to other rock types, there is dense forest.
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Reference:
CN1191/11
Photograph by Lloyd Homer
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