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These sanddunes are rather more densely covered with vegetation than those at Muscatine, and somewhat resemble the parts of the sandy areas at Chicago which are covered with larger shrubs and small trees, - with the more xeroplytic openings here and there.  In this part on Csepel Isl. the planting of Scotch Pine and Robinia has affected the appearance, and Dr. van Degen says that the sand pusten at Nagy Nyir are just like the Csepel area with the 

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[[left margin] Dr. Stahl of Jena also considers the summer resting feature as characteristic of the [[underlined]] steppe [[/underlined]]. [[/margin]]

Scotch Pine and Robinia removed.  Dr. von Degen doesn't regard the sand-pusten, - the real "pusten," - as equivalent to the steppe because there is no summer resting period.  He applies the term "pusten" to these sandy areas, such as on Csepel Isl. and at Nagy Nyir
He calls the salt areas "salt steppes" because they have a summer resting period during which the vegetation almost disappears.
The prevailing winds here, according to Dr. von Degen, are from E. to West, there was a great sand plain east.  The sand is at surface, loose, and practically free from humus.