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[[image- on two pages pen drawing of angled  line marked with different altitudes, vegetation and forests  zones, and with  borders of glaciers and snow. It represents  a slope of the Mt. Kenya (Kenia).]]  

17,200
+ Zoning 16,500.
Snow and !!Glacier 
  marks  15,500
15,500- 15,000  Glacial lakes and permanent snow line
+ 13 700 ft. Giant lobelia + groundsel
13 000 giant heath
Giant heath 13 000-11 000
+ 12 100 ft in [[underlined]] giant [[/underlined]] heath, groundsel, giant Hypericum + Gt. Lobelia
11 000 upperborder of Podocarpus
10 700 ft-8, 500 Bamboo
10 700 upper border of bamboo
10 000 feet in bamboo zone
+ 8 500
7 500? W. Kuna Forest Station
8 500 - [[6 000?]]  Mixed forest mostly cedar  [[underlined]] Juniperus [[/underlined]] [[image: drawings of 6 shaded areas ]]
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Open grassy plains
Open grassy slopes surrounded by forest
Nyeri 5943 ft.
[[strikethrough]] 6000 ft [[/strikethrough]]     

snow felt to this point one one day.
Forest zones on Mt. Kinia:-

6000-8000 feet partly open country, partly mixed forest, cedar, deciduous trees, etc. etc.
8000-11 000 Podocarpus, mostly on ridges,
11 000-13 000 giant heath, Hypericum, etc.
13 000- 15 000- giant (senecio) groundsel, grass, bare areas, ferns under rocks, rushes beside glacial pools.