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Juniperus PINACEAE— SPARGANIAC. Sparganium 



Juniperus L. Juniper. 



^/j. virginiana L, Red Cedar. 



Common throughout; roadsides, fields, serpentine barrens, 

 coastal dunes and beaches. 



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J. communis L, Juniper. 



Tree or shrub of the North and of the southern Appalachians, 

 rare in our Piedmont area: "In Wilmington," Commons in 1863 and 

 1890 (A); also reported by E. Tatnall (MS Catalog) as occurring 

 on "dry, sterile soil, Brandywine Hundred, scarce." Probably 

 not now, if ever, to be found growing naturally in our area. 



TYPHACEAE (Cat-tail Family) 

 Typha L. Cat-tail. 



y T. latifolia L. Broad-leaved Cat-tail. 



Common throughout, in marshes and wet places generally. 



^^ \^T. angustifolia L. Narrow-leaved Cat-tail. 



Common throughout in wet ground, preferring salt or brackish 

 habitats. < k a 5 -iy- t^ ■ 



Var. 



A slender form, perhaps deserving varietal status, 12 dm. or 

 less in height, with leaf blades 2-4 (-5) mm. wide, and pistillate 

 spikes 7-10 cm. long and 5-7 mm. thick, has been found on 

 ^borders of salt marshes in Somerset County: 9 miles west of 

 Princess Anne, on road to Deal Island, Jones & Tatnall, 945, 5 

 July 1930 (T); same locality, R. R. Tatnall, 1138, 30 May 1931, 

 and 2667, 4 June 1935 (T, D, G) ; 4 miles west of Princess Anne, 

 R. R. Tatnall, 1139, 30 May 1931 (T). 



SPARGANIACEAE (Bur-reed Family) 

 Sparganium L. Bur-reed. 



S. eurycarpum Engelm. 



Frequent in marshes. May, June. 



S. americanum Nutt. (Incl. var. androcladum (Engelm.) Fernald 

 & Eames.) 



Frequent; borders of ponds and streams. June, July. 

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