Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 17-21, 1897
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            treffen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1226" xml:space="preserve">Wollen wir uns ein Bild der Flora jener Zeit machen,
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            ſo brauchen wir daher nur die
              <emph style="sp">Pflanzenwelt</emph>
            z. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1227" xml:space="preserve">B. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1228" xml:space="preserve">der
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              <emph style="sp">Hoch-Alpen und des hohen Nordens</emph>
            anzuſehen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1229" xml:space="preserve">Die bei
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            weitem meiſten Arten dieſer Erdſtrecken zeichnen ſich durch auf-
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            fallend niedrigen Wuchs aus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1230" xml:space="preserve">Die boreal-alpinen Arten müſſen
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            in kurzer Zeit zur Fruchtreife gelangen, wenn ſie überhaupt Nach-
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            kommen erzeugen ſollen, da während der längſten Zeit im Jahre
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            die Kälte und die Bedeckung des Erdbodens mit Schnee und
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            Eis, welche höhere Pflanzen niederbrechen würde, das Pflanzen-
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            wachstum hemmen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1231" xml:space="preserve">Sie erzeugen daher nur eine kurze Sproß-
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            Unterlage und ſchreiten dann ſofort zur Bildung der Blüten.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1233" xml:space="preserve">Abweichend von der gegebenen Darſtellung lag es vor
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            kurzer Zeit noch nahe — entſprechend der früheren allgemeinen
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            Anſicht der Geologen, nach welcher das ganze norddeutſche
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            Flachland unmittelbar vor der Jetzt-Zeit von einem Meere be-
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            deckt geweſen wäre — die an ſalzhaltigen Örtlichkeiten des
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            Binnenlandes anzutreffenden ſalzliebenden Arten als einen
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            beim allmählichen Zurückweichen des Meeres an günſtigen
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            Stellen zurückgebliebenen Reſt der Flora der ehemaligen Meeres-
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            küſten aufzufaſſen, ſodaß hiernach alſo die
              <emph style="sp">Salzpflanzen</emph>
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            und nicht die Glazialpflanzen die älteſten Bewohner Nord-
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            deutſchlands wären. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1234" xml:space="preserve">Allein die Salzpflanzen haben gewiß
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            erſt ſpäter die in Rede ſtehenden Orte des Binnenlandes be-
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            ſetzt, indem dieſelben teils von der jetzigen Küſte nach Süden,
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            teils aus dem öſtlichen durch Salzboden ausgezeichnetes Steppen-
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            gebiet zu uns gekommen ſind; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1235" xml:space="preserve">denn manche dieſer Salzpflanzen
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            gehören überhaupt gar nicht zur Küſtenflora.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1237" xml:space="preserve">Die vorwiegend wohl aus dem Weſten ſpäter eingewan-
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            derte jetzige Küſtenflora Norddeutſchlands konnte natürlich erſt
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            nach dem Verſchwinden der Gletſcher-Eis-Maſſen Platz greifen,
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            und erſt dann war von der Küſte aus eine Beſiedelung der
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            Salzſtellen des Binnenlandes möglich.</s>
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