Leaves of the pitcher plant photographed in March wlnrc they were growing on the ground in 

 the dense velvet of sphagnum moss in a cedar swamp. The yellowish green leaves are pitchers handsomely 

 veined with crimson 





On the lower plain, patches of broom crowberry (Coreina Conradii) 

 and dwarf oaks. Reindeer lichen and flowering moss carpet the ground 



and spatter-docks, while at the edges 

 grow cinnamon and royal ferns, pitcher 

 plants, sundews, and hladderworts. 



True savannahs similar to those of 

 the southern states are found in the 

 pine barren region, as along some 

 branches of Wading River. These are 

 usually terraced, presenting alter- 

 nately a wet terrace and a dry terrace. 

 Grasses and sedges with a few jwculiar 



and characteristic herbs cover these 

 savannahs, which are distinguished by 

 the growth of scattered pitch pine or 

 white cedar trees. These are open, sun- 

 lit Ijreaks in the monotonous forests of 

 pine and white cedar. 



The growing season in the Pine Bar- 

 rens is between the last killing frost 

 of spring and the first killing frost of 

 autumn. At Yineland, according to 



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