﻿Vol. 
  47 
  

  

  No. 
  3 
  

  

  BULLETIN 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  TORREY 
  BOTANICAL 
  CLUB 
  

  

  MARCH, 
  1920 
  

  

  The 
  vegetation 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  

   VI. 
  The 
  plant 
  associations 
  of 
  eroding 
  areas 
  along 
  the 
  seacoast 
  

  

  George 
  E. 
  Nichols 
  

   (with 
  six 
  text 
  figures) 
  

  

  * 
  

  

  I. 
  Introduction 
  

  

  CONTENTS 
  

  

  Page 
  

  

  89 
  

  

  IL 
  Habitat 
  factors 
  along 
  the 
  seacoast 
  

  

  92 
  

  

  A, 
  Influences 
  associated 
  with 
  submergence 
  in 
  sea 
  water 
  92 
  

  

  B. 
  Physiographic 
  influences 
  • 
  

  

  C. 
  Atmospheric 
  influences 
  

  

  95 
  

   96 
  

  

  III. 
  Classification 
  of 
  plant 
  associations 
  along 
  the 
  seacoast 
  97 
  

  

  IV. 
  The 
  vegetation 
  of 
  eroding 
  areas 
  and 
  its 
  ecological 
  relations 
  100 
  

  

  A. 
  Rocky 
  shores 
  and 
  bottoms 
  

  

  J, 
  Seaweed 
  associations 
  of 
  the 
  suhlittoral 
  region 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  2. 
  Seaweed 
  associations 
  of 
  the 
  littoral 
  region 
  104 
  

  

  3, 
  Associations 
  of 
  the 
  supralittoral 
  region 
  loS 
  

  

  109 
  

  

  B, 
  Shores 
  and 
  bottoms 
  of 
  glacial 
  drift 
  

  

  1. 
  Associations 
  of 
  the 
  suhlittoral 
  region 
  lOQ 
  

  

  2. 
  Associations 
  of 
  the 
  littoral 
  and 
  supralittoral 
  regions. 
  no 
  

  

  C. 
  Forest 
  growth 
  on 
  uplands 
  adjoining 
  the 
  shore 
  - 
  m 
  

  

  £). 
  Successional 
  relations 
  along 
  eroding 
  coasts 
  ii3 
  

  

  114 
  

  

  V. 
  Literature 
  cited 
  

  

  I. 
  INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  This 
  paper, 
  with 
  another 
  which 
  will 
  appear 
  shortly, 
  concludes 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  articles 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  vegetation 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  has 
  been 
  

   considered 
  primarily 
  from 
  the 
  standpoint 
  of 
  physiographic 
  

   ecology.f 
  Since 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  fifth 
  inst 
  allment 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  * 
  Contribution 
  from 
  the 
  Osborn 
  Botanical 
  Laboratory. 
  

  

  t 
  For 
  citation 
  of 
  earlier 
  papers, 
  see 
  list 
  of 
  literature 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  paper. 
  

   [The 
  BcLLETiN 
  for 
  Febiuarj- 
  (47: 
  45-88- 
  pi. 
  2) 
  was 
  issued 
  March 
  10, 
  1920.] 
  

  

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