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Fig. 17. A meander of the Big Muddy River, Illinois. Looking down from Pine Hills this southern Illinois river channel is bounded by a dark green flood plain forest of the sort that would periodically have experienced major disturbance from infrequent floods. The annual floods would not open the stand and therefore would not be counted as a disturbance to the entire forest.
© S. Pickett, Institute of Ecosystem Studies