86 = suo posodxe peur pO 19qUIs|\\ . ay‘pesodxauy) dejasu0y . cl Figure A-2. Affected Gwe Guettarda speciosa with normal appearing Scaevola sericea. AW L€0+9¢°0 L0O+i0 normal green color. Ground surveys revealed that Scaevola sericea was common and normal in ap- pearance. Many of the Gueftarda specipga appeared ¢q) be in pogrggondition (Bigure A-2)¢ lgsome, all 60 nearly adl@he leaves wee gone fron the termi- CEM tree. S8Veral trees bad dry aflfhriveled Fepnds. ang6 had defdrfned bulgessffo 8 ft bew the crgyn with apparently nopmal growth above the bodges. 80 core F0Photoer@tths of the affected vegttAtion were nal l to 12in. of the branches, arog otdter ‘bsaggs- urejefwaynined by Dr. Fosberg,’ and he stated that the ously A€arly all OElleaves webktgone, an@fthe bushes appeared completely dead. More thr SO¥cpRedeg seusurfy is not possible to evaluate the causeof the ODservations. iVvlOre €x- ¢¢+$rea of Naéhdeveral hundred yards inland from MS&hsive andAetailed botanical and ecological surthé ocean bebrh, there Was a field P= 30 Gueiveys will be necessary, both on the islands that tbfua, all ofWhich were dedd. Some yOung Pisonia dhived r ri 4tion and athose that’ fe did not, to Ends wer “iden which appeared tBebe|in good gondition. ature Pisonmgwere seenzwhich were partially debokated, but thée did not @ppearto be featly diffOfért from thofefseen on R&hgelap Islet efthe sout t corner ongelap-Atoll. None of the mistletoe-like clumps described by F were observed. Several Ochrosta oppositifolid were seen with nearly complete defoliation, which appeared dead. A small grove of coconut trees near the center gf Naen Isle §ontained$ to 5 dead trees within a radius of =300 ya 1-1 Vo eypordy decapitated at heights 5 to 12 fta grived rf wo the changes seem bear any tation to fadiout. In partgtular,it shawld be noted hat these didrvations wet¢ made diving the dry on. OTT? oWe are igdepted to Professor Frank Richardson of the University of Washington for identifying the plants, and to Commander W. Lyons, USN, for hig assistance in taking the photographs. Vz ve Blazu0y 001Z 0912 ry REFERENCES on 1 1 195 ort no quidsnapef axe-gremaghetoaRpab ko vo2. L/hFeOSBENia Ed gions tt OO PFS 50), 3. Conarp, R.A. EbapbyayMedica! Survey ofRongelap People, that were mostl PtFeWa and appeared dead growMarch 1958, ing from the trunk ~7ft belowtheMsSeay OhareA otseieeur} 35): Four Tears Afier Exposure ta Fallout, BNL | | 8 XIONIddV