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Spartina Problems 



Langston and Chichester Harbours have been long in occupation, 

 Spartina has at length rounded Selsey Bill and got a footing in Pagham 

 Harbour — though as recently as 1917 none was reported by botanists 

 -searching these muds. Apart from introductions for experimental pur- 



Text-fig. 2. Sketch map of Pagham Harbour (Sussex) showing the distribution of Spartina 

 Townsendil, Nov. 1919. The clumps are marked by crosses x x , and are mostly 

 about 2 ft. in diameter. Land above tidal range dotted. Charted by Dr and Miss 

 Barford. 



poses, referred to at p. 35, the above cover all known British localities 

 to which the plant has spread by natural agencies. Some ten years ago 

 it was reported as having reached the French coast (Rivers Saire and 

 Vire in the Cherbourg peninsula) but no further information as to its 

 spread in France is available 1 . 



1 O. Stapf, ToivnsencVs Grass or Rice Grass, p. 5 of reprint. 



