PLANTS OK SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 



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district, there is an additional element of a distinctly boreal nature 

 found neither in the Middle district nor in the Pine Barrens.* 

 Such species are starred in the following- list, the other species 

 being plants of similar boreal distribution, but which occur also 

 occasionally in the upper part of the Middle district, although 

 much more abundant on the coast. 



Ophioglossum vulgatum. 

 Lycopodium flabcllifornie. 

 Potamogcton pcctinatus.* 

 Cinna aruiidinacca. 

 Bromiis piirgans.* 

 lllynuis striatus. 

 Cyperiis diandrus. 

 Carex lanuginosa. 

 Juncus articiilatus.* 

 Vagnera stellata.* 

 Unifolii:m canadensc. 

 Leptorcliis locsclii. 

 Gyrostachys plantaginca. 

 Populus trenuiloidcs. 

 Morus rubra. 

 Parictaria pcnnsylvanica.* 

 Silene stellata. 

 Sagina procumbens.* 

 Moc'hringia lateriflora. 

 Aquilegia canadensis. 

 Arabis lyrata. 



Fragaria virginica. 

 Sanguisorba canadensis. 

 Rosa virginiana.* 

 Crataegus crus-galli. 

 Falcata coniosa. 

 Phaseolus polystachyus. 

 Oeranium robcrlianum.* 

 Polygala vcrticillata. 

 Cclastrus scandens. 

 Hypericum borealc. 

 Myriophyllum tcncllum. 

 Samolus llnribundus. 

 Sabatia angularis. 

 Gentiana crinila. 

 Gentiana andrewsii. 

 Lycopus uniflorus. 

 Scrophularia leporella. 

 Helianthus giganteus. 

 Carduus discolor, 

 ninticus. 



The coast islaiicis form a most interesting held for botanical 

 study, but unfortunately the spread of seaside resorts has cleared 

 one beach after another of its native flora until there is practically 

 no untouched forest except the tract back of Ventnor and south 

 of Atlantic City. This contains numl^ers of Pitch Pine Pinits 

 rigida, as well as Red Cedar Jimipcrus virginiana. White Oak 

 Qucrcits alba, Post (Xik Q. stellata, Spanish Oak Q. triloba, 

 Shadlnish Amelancliicr intermedia, Wild Cherry Primus serotina, 

 Siunac Rhus copalina, Red Maple Acer rubum, Grape Vitis crsti- 



* Dr. II. A. Pilsbry has found a precisely similar cloinont in tlio Land 

 Snail fauna of the coast strip in the woods below Allantic City. Cf. The 

 Nautilus, 191 1, pp. 34-35. 



