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Area II. — Low Dunes. 

 Area III. — High Dunes, 



Zone (a) — Juniper Thickets. 



Zone (b) — Myrica Thickets. 



Zone (c) — -Hudson ia Formation (bare places). 



Zone (d) -Ilex Thicket. 



Zone (e) — Border of Marsh. 

 Area IV. — Sand Flats (always damp). 

 Area V. — Marsh. 



Zone (a) — Drier Marsh. 



Zone (6) — Boggy Marsh. 



Zone (c)— Tidal Flats. 



Zone (d) — Lakes and Thoroughfares, 



Zone (e) — Thoroughfare Borders. 

 Area VI. — Island. 



Zone (a) — Marsh Border. 



Zone (b) — Treeless Space. 



Zone (c) — Wood. 



Zone (d) — Back Marsh Border. 

 Area VII. — Made Land. 



It will be observed that the author of the notes confuses botani- 

 cal and physiographic features. The classification should be either 

 based on the floral make-up of the region, or be arranged accord- 

 ing to its physiography. Thus, for example, this botanist has 

 juniper thickets and dry marsh and boggy marsh zones. Barring 

 these inadvertencies the classification of areas is a natural one. 

 The first beach, according to Dr. Githens, supports no plants except 

 occasionally Cakile edentula (Bigel.) Hook. The outer (Low 

 Dune) is held in place by the character grass (Ammophila arenaria 

 (L.) Link). The outer edge of the dune complex (Second Beach) 

 is occupied by the Atlantic City and Lougport Railroad, but in 

 places Cakile edenfula (Bigel.) Hook., Ammophila arenaria (L. ) 

 Link, Cenchrus tribuloides L., Salsola kali L. are found. The 

 captured dunes (High Dunes of the classification) are covered 

 with thickets of Juniperus virginiana L. and Myrica cerifera L., 

 interspersed with bare spaces on which Hadsonia tomentosa Nutt. , 

 as a character plant, grows. Prunus maritima Wang, and P. 

 virginiana L. grow in all the sheltered places. The landward 



