230 | Rhodora [DECEMBER 
Cyperus Nuttallii Eddy. 
Hypericum virginicum L. 
Whitened wrack, left by the winter storms, is covered with Atriplex 
patula var. hastata (L.) Gray. In unusually wet places, and near 
the marginal ditch, occur the following species: 
Eleocharis palustris (L.) R. & S. 
Agrostis alba var. maritima (Lam.) G. F. W. Mey. 
Cyperus Nuttallii Eddy. 
Pluchea camphorata (L.) DC. 
Juncus pelocarpus Mey. 
Juncus acuminatus Michx. 
Two mosses which grow in the landward part of this zone, but are 
really characteristic of the next zone, are: 
Sphagnum (near Sphagnum dasyphyllum Warnst.). 
Amblystegium riparium (L.) Br. & Sch. 
D. Spartina Michauxiana Hitchc. 
Scirpus americanus Pers. 
Cyperus Nuttallii Eddy. 
Rhus Toxicodendron L. 
Ptilimnium capillaceum (Mx.) Raf. 
Agrostis alba var. maritima (Lain.) G. F. W. Mey. 
Hypericum virginicum L. 
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. 
Aspidium Thelypteris (L.) Sw. 
Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell. 
Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. 
Polygala cruciata L. 
Juncus canadensis J. Gay. 
Pluchea camphorata (L.) DC. 
Apios tuberosa Moench. 
Sphagnum (near Sph. dasyphyllum Warnst.). 
Amblystegium riparium (L.) Br. & Sch. 
Sphagnum (near Sph. obesum (Wils.) Warnst.). 
Along this zone, the marginal ditch contains: 
Typha latifolia L. 
Agrostis alba var. maritima G. F. W. Mey. 
Eleocharis palustris (L.) К. & 5. 
