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  Nichols: 
  The 
  vegetation 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  

  

  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  vegetation 
  are 
  the 
  beach 
  pea, 
  the 
  evening 
  primroses 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  {Oenothera 
  muricata 
  and 
  O, 
  Oakesiana), 
  the 
  blazing 
  star 
  {Liatris 
  

   scariosa), 
  the 
  seaside 
  golden 
  rod 
  {Solidago 
  sempervirens) 
  and 
  the 
  

   wormwood 
  {Artemisia 
  caiidata), 
  to 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  added, 
  among 
  

   others, 
  the 
  following:* 
  

  

  Panicum 
  amaroides 
  

   Triplasis 
  purpurea 
  

  

  Eragroslis 
  pectinacea 
  

   Cyperus 
  filiciilmis 
  macilentus 
  

  

  ti 
  

  

  Gray 
  it 
  

  

  Carex 
  silicea 
  

   Polygonella 
  artiadata 
  

  

  Cakile 
  edentula 
  

  

  F 
  

  

  Strophostyles 
  hetvola 
  

   Lechea 
  maritima 
  

   Teiicrium 
  canadense 
  littorale 
  

   Verbascum 
  Thapsus 
  

   Rrigeron 
  canadensis 
  

   Gnaphaliiim 
  polycephalum 
  

  

  As 
  an 
  environment 
  for 
  plants, 
  the 
  dune 
  beach, 
  during 
  the 
  

   growing 
  season, 
  is 
  almost 
  as 
  unfavorable 
  a 
  habitat 
  as 
  the 
  middle 
  

  

  niinan 
  

  

  Wh 
  

  

  dominates 
  on 
  the 
  higher, 
  more 
  exposed 
  sites, 
  shrubs 
  commonly 
  

   occupy 
  a 
  prominent 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  sheltered 
  situations, 
  as 
  in 
  

   the 
  lee 
  of 
  the 
  dune 
  ridge, 
  frequently 
  forming 
  dense 
  thickets 
  to 
  

   the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  herbaceous 
  vegetation. 
  Particularly 
  

   , 
  is 
  this 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  beach 
  plum 
  {Prunus 
  maritima), 
  which 
  usually 
  

   is 
  the 
  most 
  characteristic 
  woody 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  dune 
  beach. 
  The 
  

   bayberry 
  and 
  the 
  poison 
  ivy 
  {Rhus 
  Toxicodendron) 
  likewise 
  grow 
  

   in 
  local 
  profusion 
  here, 
  while 
  the 
  wild 
  rose 
  {Rosa 
  virginiana) 
  and 
  

   sumacs 
  {Rhus 
  spp.) 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  represented. 
  The 
  false 
  heather 
  

   {Hudsonia 
  tomentosa), 
  a 
  distinctive 
  dwarf 
  shrub 
  of 
  dune 
  beaches 
  

   in 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  is 
  a 
  comparative 
  rarity 
  along 
  

   the 
  Connecticut 
  coast. 
  Bryophytes 
  and 
  lichens 
  are 
  but 
  sparingly 
  

  

  rp 
  

  

  syhatica. 
  

  

  3. 
  Successional 
  relations 
  along 
  depositing 
  sandy 
  shores 
  

  

  The 
  relatively 
  rapid 
  physiographic 
  changes 
  that 
  ensue 
  in 
  the 
  

   course 
  of 
  time 
  along 
  a 
  depositing 
  sandy 
  shore, 
  and 
  the 
  changes 
  

   in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  habitats 
  which 
  result, 
  are 
  accompanied 
  

   by 
  corresponding 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  vegetation, 
  which 
  

  

  ♦From 
  this 
  list 
  have 
  been 
  omitted 
  various 
  naturalized 
  weeds 
  which 
  are 
  charac- 
  

   teristic 
  of 
  beaches^ 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  comparatively 
  rare 
  native 
  plants 
  that 
  belong 
  

   here. 
  

  

  