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either separately or associated in various proportions. These resemble 

 the dry pine barrens except that oaks are less frequent or represented 

 only bv shrubby species. Other shrubs, including several species of holly, 

 various heaths, and a large number of herbs with bright-colored flowers 



Fig. 385. Short-leaved pine {Pinus echinata) in New Jersey. Photo from U. S. 



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are also present. A characteristic plant here is the creeping saw palmetto. 

 Coastal salt marshes of tall cord grass, adjoined inland by saw grass, 

 salt grass, or tall reed grass, occupy large areas of the Mississippi delta. 

 Still farther inland they merge with the canebrakes and the live-oak-cane 

 savannas. Westward they grade into the coastal prairies. 



