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  Nichols: 
  The 
  vegetation 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  It 
  

  

  Is 
  only 
  occasionally 
  here 
  that 
  trees 
  are 
  encountered 
  which 
  exhibit 
  

   the 
  weather-beaten, 
  one-sided 
  aspect 
  so 
  familiar 
  along 
  more 
  ex- 
  

  

  mmed 
  

  

  from 
  

  

  land. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  general 
  tendency, 
  however, 
  for 
  these 
  forests 
  to 
  

  

  Fig. 
  6. 
  Eroding 
  shore 
  with 
  stones 
  and 
  boulders 
  derived 
  from 
  glacial 
  drift 
  (seen 
  

   above) 
  which 
  formerly 
  covered 
  entire 
  area; 
  East 
  Haven. 
  Miniature 
  salt 
  marsh 
  in 
  

   foieground; 
  also, 
  in 
  foreground, 
  outcrop 
  of 
  granite 
  exposed 
  by 
  removal 
  of 
  drift. 
  

  

  be 
  relatively 
  open 
  and 
  somewhat 
  xerophytic. 
  On 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   small 
  rocky 
  islands 
  which 
  occur 
  scattered 
  along 
  parts 
  of 
  our 
  

   coast, 
  for 
  example, 
  the 
  forest 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  largely 
  of 
  pitch 
  pine 
  

   {Piniis 
  rigida), 
  and 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  undergrowth 
  consists 
  of 
  the 
  

   shrubs 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  listed 
  as 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  

   supralittoral 
  along 
  rocky 
  shores 
  (see 
  p. 
  109). 
  On 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  

  

  between 
  

  

  growth 
  of 
  windward 
  and 
  lee 
  slopes 
  ( 
  

  

  wind 
  

  

  blow 
  from 
  off 
  the 
  sea). 
  On 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  

   primitive 
  of 
  the 
  Thimble 
  Islands, 
  for 
  example, 
  the 
  prevailing 
  type 
  

   of 
  vegetation 
  is 
  an 
  open 
  forest, 
  predominantly 
  pitch 
  pine, 
  but 
  with 
  

   a 
  scattering 
  of 
  hickory 
  {Carya 
  spp.), 
  black 
  oak 
  {Quercus 
  velutino) 
  , 
  

  

  {Sassafras 
  variifolium) 
  and 
  red 
  maple 
  {Acer 
  riibrufn)^ 
  

  

  sassafras 
  {Sass 
  

  

  and 
  with 
  the 
  undergrowth 
  as 
  described 
  above. 
  On 
  lee 
  slopes, 
  

  

  