Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene, Spike 

 Grass, Alkali Grass 

 Fig. 97. Prince Edward Island south 

 to Florida and Texas. Zones III, V. 

 Common invader of the bare tidal marsh 

 pannes. 



Junais gerardi Loisel., Black Grass 

 Fig. 106. Newfoundland to Florida. 

 Dominant in Zone V. A rush, not a 

 grass. Its place taken further south by 

 /. roemerianus — Georgia to Texas, 

 north to Maryland. 



Panicum virgatum, L., Switch Grass 

 Fig. 100. Maine to Florida and Missis- 

 sippi. P. longifolium grows in same 

 habitat, more southerly in distribution, 

 occurs in southeastern Massachusetts. 

 Dominant in Zone VI, the substratum 

 frequently may be acid here. 



Phragmites communis Trin., Reed 

 Grass 

 Fig. 96. Eurasia and with its varieties 

 nearly cosmopolitan. Quebec to Louisi- 

 ana and Texas. Zone VI. 



Festuca rubra L., Red Fescue Grass 

 Fig. 91. Greenland, Labrador to North 

 Carolina. Many varieties. Zone VI. 



Agrostis alba L. var. palustris (Huds.) 

 Pers., Redtop Grass 

 Fig. 98. Newfoundland south to Geor- 

 gia and Louisiana. Zone VI. 



3. Important herbs with dominant grasses and 

 rushes: 



Limonium carolinianum (Walt.) Britt., 

 Sea Lavender 

 Fig. 61. Newfoundland to Florida and 

 Mississippi. Flower panicles can be 

 dried for winter bouquets. North of 

 Cape Cod L. nashii is more common. 

 Zones II, III, V. 

 Solidago sempervirens L., Seaside 

 Goldenrod 

 Fig. 41. Newfoundland, Quebec to New 

 Jersey, locally to Virginia. Varieties to 

 Florida, Texas and Mexico. Zones III, 

 V, VI. Blooms mostly in September. 

 Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumont., Sea 

 Elite 

 Fig. 30. Quebec to Virginia. Zones II, 

 III, rarely V. 



Suaeda linearis (Ell.) Moq., Sea Elite 

 Southern Maine to Florida and Texas. 

 Zones II, III, rarely V. 



Salicornia virginica L., Perennial 

 Glasswort 

 Fig. 31. Southern New Hampshire to 

 South Carolina. Zones II, III, usually 

 bare areas. All species of Salicornia 

 are edible, can be used to spice up a 

 salad. 



Salicornia europaea L., Samphire 

 Fig. 33. Nova Scotia south to Georgia. 

 Zones II, III. Usually recolonizing bare 

 areas, but sometimes forms a turf be- 

 low the grasses. 



Saliconiia bigelovii Torr., Dwarf 

 Saltwort 

 Fig. 32. Southern Maine to South Car- 

 olina. Zones II, III. Bare areas. 



Aster tenidfolius L., Marsh Aster 

 Fig. 42. New Hampshire to Florida and 

 Mississippi. Zones II, III. (Aster sub- 

 ulatiis Michx., an annual, also occurs in 

 this region. New Brunswick to Dela- 

 ware.) 



Pluchea purpurascens (Sw.) D. C. var. 

 succulenta Fern., Salt Marsh 

 Fleabane 

 Fig. 39. Southern Maine to Florida. 

 P. camphorata from Delaware south to 

 Texas. Zones III, V, VI. 



Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf., 

 Mock Bishop's Weed 

 Fig. 67. Southern New England to 

 Florida and Texas. Zones III, V. 



Plantago oliganthos R. & S., Seaside 

 Plantain 

 Fig. 37. Southern Labrador and New- 

 foundland to New Jersey. Zone III. 

 Sometimes on bare areas or pannes. P. 

 juncoides may be present. 



Atriplex patula L. var. hastata (L.) Gray., 



Orach 



Fig. 35. Newfoundland south to South 



Carolina. Zones V, VI. Young tender 



leaves can be used as a salad or green. 



Spergulariamarirm (L.) Griseb., Sand 

 Spurry 

 Fig. 52. Quebec and south along coast 

 to Florida. S. canadensis may occur. 

 S. diandra is reported only from shore 

 of Buzzards Bay, Mass. Zone VI. 



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