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JOHS. GRONTVED
TABLE 1.
Sample
No.
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Description of Locality
I Melar without vegetation i.e. wind blown stony soil near Reykjavík’s hot springs
(Laugar). Sample drawn at a depth of 0—15 cm, May 19, 1932 ......................
II Same locality. Hardpan formation, hard dark layer 10—15 cm thick at a depth
of circa 1.5 m below the surface. Soil plainly stratified, glacial deposits. May 19,
1932 ...................................................................................
III Thor Jensen’s farm, Korpúlfsstaðir. Fertile grass field on cultivated moor. Sample
drawn at a depth of 5—10 cm, May 19, 1932 .......................................
IV Thor Jensen’s farm, Korpúlfsstaðir. Black peat layer, soft hardpan from the edge
of a ditch at a depth of 1.5 m. May 19, 1932 ....................................
V Thor Jensen’s farm, Korpúlfsstaðir. Melar cultivated for 5 years, exceptionally poor
grass, mostly moss, sample drawn at a depth of 0—5 cm, May 19, 1932 .............
VI Thor Jensen’s farm, Korpúlfsstaðir. Melar cultivated for 1 year, oats grown the
first year, intersown with grass, white clover and Alaska clover. Much better than
the preceding. Sample drawn at a depth of 0—10 cm, May 19, 1932 .................
VII Reykjabúið near Reykir. Soil between roots of grass. Sample drawn at a depth i
of 0—15 cm, May 21, 1932 ........................................................
VIII Reykjabúið near Reykir. Soil below roots of grass. Sample drawn at a depth of
20—30 cm, May 21, 1932 ..........................................................
IX Hraunajarðir, Þrasta Wood. Birch grove, open spot bare of vegetation between
birch tufts (loess?). Sample drawn May 21, 1932 .................................
X Hraunajarðir, Þrasta Wood. Soil under a birch bush, May 21, 1932 ................
XI “Holt”, small trees, near Ægissíða by Ytri Rangá. Grassy moor between the tufts,
May 22, 1932 ....................................................................
XII “Holt”, small trees, near Ægissíða by Ytri Rangá. In a tuft, May 22 .............
XIII Very old grassy courtyard (tún) at the Ægissíða Farm. Sample drawn under a
grass sod circa 5 cm thick. May 22 ..............................................
XIV Geitasandur near Eystri Rangá. Sandy desert almost without vegetation. Sample
drawn in the surface, barren sand, May 22 .......................................
XV Geitasandur near Eystri Rangá. Sandy desert almost without vegetation. Sample
drawn under a tuft of Festuca ovina, May .22 ....................................
XVI Hvolsvöllur south of Eystri Rangá. Empetrum heath (on former sands?). Sample
drawn under peat, May 22 ........................................................
XVII Þingvellir Plain. Vellankatla. Loam under a 3—4 m tall birch, flourishing growth, I
May 23 ..........................................................................
XVIII Þingvellir Plain. Vellankatla. Barren spot without vegetation (with loess?) be-
tween rather well developed birches, 3—4 m tall, May 23 .....................................
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