Dun Mountain
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Dun Mountain
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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GNS Science
Reference: CN1191/11
Photograph by Lloyd Homer
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