Onoclea sensibilis L., Sensitive 

 Fern 

 Southern Labrador to Florida and 

 Texas. Sensitive to frost. 



8. Sea cliffs (vegetation of the top of the cliffs 

 along the eastern shore of Cape Cod. These 

 are moraines) : 



a. Trees: 



Juniperus virginiana L., Red 

 Cedar, Juniper 

 Fig. 2. Southeastern New England 

 to Florida and Texas. 

 Pinus rigida Mill., Pitch Pine 



Fig. 1. Maine to Virginia. 

 Rhus copallina L., Dwarf or 

 Shining Sumac 

 Fig. 5. Southern Maine to Florida 

 and Texas. 

 Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees., 

 Sassafras 

 Fig. 10. Southern Maine to Vir- 

 ginia. The bark of the roots is 

 dried and used for tea. 

 Pnmus maritlma Marsh., Beach 

 Plum 

 Fig. 15. Knox County, Maine, to 

 Delaware. Fruit used for jelly. 

 Prunus serotina Ehrh., Black 

 Cherry 

 Fig. 16. Nova Scotia to Florida and 

 Texas. 



b. Shrubs and vines: 



Rhus radicans L., Poison Ivy 

 Fig. 3. Nova Scotia to Florida and 

 Texas. Poisonous to touch, many 

 people sensitive. 

 Parthenocisstis quinquefolia (L.) 

 Planch., Virginia Creeper, 

 Woodbine 

 Fig. 4. Southeastern Maine to 

 Florida and Texas. 

 Rosa riigosa Thunb., Salt-Spray 

 Rose 

 Fig. 6. Nova Scotia to Delaware. 

 Rosa palustris Marsh., Marsh or 

 Swamp Rose 

 Fig. 7. Nova Scotia to Florida. R. 

 Carolina may also occur. 



Myrica pen^ylvanica Loisel., Bay- 

 berry 

 Fig. 19. South Newfoundland, east 

 New Brunswick to North Carolina. 

 Wax from the berries formerly used 

 for candles. 

 Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult., 

 Sweet Fern 

 Fig. 20. Cape Breton Island to Vir- 

 ginia. (Not a fern.) 

 Gaylussacia baccata (Wang.) K. 

 Koch., Black Huckleberry 

 Fig. 23. Newfoundland to Geor- 

 gia. 

 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng., 

 Bearberry 

 Fig. 21. Newfoundland to Virginia. 

 May form a solid ground cover. 

 Smilax rotundifolia L., Common 

 Greenbriar 

 Fig. 73. Newfoundland to Florida 

 and Texas. Other species may be 

 present. 



c. Grasses: 



Ammophila breviligulata Per., 

 Dune or Marram Grass 

 Fig. 90. Newfoundland and south- 

 ern Labrador to North Carolina. 

 This grass is frequently planted to 

 stabilize dunes. Replaced by Un iola 

 paniculata from Virginia south. 

 Festuca rubra L., Red Fescue 

 Grass 

 Fig. 91. Greenland, Labrador to 

 North Carolina. Many varieties. 

 Deschampia flexuosa (L.) Trin., 

 Common Hairgrass 

 Fig. 92. South Labrador to North 

 Carolina. 

 Agrostis alba L. var. palustris 



(Huds.) Pers., Redtop Grass 

 Fig. 98. Newfoundland south to 

 Georgia and Louisiana. 



d. Herbs (the commonest are given, some 

 others are expected but rare) : 



Solidago sempervirens L., Seaside 

 Goldenrod 

 Fig. 41. Newfoundland, Quebec to 

 New Jersey. Locally to Virginia. 



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