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salt marsh forms a V-shaped cusp ; the sides and apex of this project- 

 ing marsh are fringed with Spartina stricta maritima (X). Enclosed 

 by this grass, as shown in Fig. 5, are found pure associations as follows : 

 1, Spartina patens (V), Salicornia herbacea (EH ) and Limonium caro- 



Fig. 5. — Salt Marshes along Shark River. X, Spartina stricta maritima; V, 



Spartina patens; Z, Scirpus pungens; O, Distichlis spicata; 0, Baccharis 



halimifolia; J, Juncus Gerardi; ', Phragmites communis; E-i, Salicornia 



herbacea; n Gerardia purpurea; dotted areas = sand with typic dune plants ; 



t , tree thickets. 



linianum in the low ground partially submerged at high tide; 2, 

 Distichlis spicata (0), Salicornia herbacea (H ), and Limonium caro- 

 linianum in similar soil situations as the first associations and extend- 



