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Moisture Availability and Its Impact on Vegetation Treelines and Forest Types Slide 2 Aspect O The direction a slope faces. O North aspects are in the shadows all winter and thus stay colder than south aspects. Slide 3 Winter Solstice Slide 4 Spring Equinox Slide 5 Summer Solstice Slide 6 An Autumn Day Slide 7 The Effects of Aspect Slide 8 North Versus South Aspect Forest growing on south-slopeBare on the north-slope Slide 9 Another View of North Versus South North-facingSouth-facing Slide 10 Dry Meadows and Wet Meadows Slide 11 The Effect of Aspect on Treeline Snowbank Treeline Dry Meadows Wet Meadows 5500 feet 4500 feet Tree Island Pacific Northwest SouthNorth Sea Level Slide 12 Aspect: The Difference Between Forest and Grassland FREEING THE ELWHA Slide 13 This project was made possible in part by a grant from Washingtons National Park Fund.