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  Nichols: 
  The 
  vegetation 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  

  

  not 
  wholly 
  favorable,* 
  and 
  very 
  often 
  they 
  succumb 
  to 
  their 
  

   manifestly 
  unsuitable 
  environment. 
  The 
  salt 
  marsh 
  grass, 
  in 
  

   such 
  situations, 
  commonly 
  assumes 
  a 
  low, 
  impoverished 
  habit, 
  

   often 
  failing 
  to 
  flower, 
  while 
  the 
  samphire 
  and 
  sea 
  lavender 
  grow 
  

   much 
  less 
  vigorously 
  than 
  on 
  better 
  drained 
  soils, 
  frequently 
  

  

  Fig. 
  8. 
  Salicornia 
  etiropaea 
  (right) 
  and 
  Limontum 
  carolinianum 
  (left). 
  The 
  

   smaller 
  specimens 
  of 
  each 
  grew 
  in 
  a 
  poorly 
  drained 
  depression, 
  the 
  larger 
  ones 
  in 
  a 
  

   well-drained 
  situation, 
  in 
  a 
  salt 
  meadow. 
  New 
  Haven. 
  

  

  exhibiting 
  a 
  very 
  sickly 
  appearance 
  (Fig. 
  8). 
  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   seed 
  plants, 
  salt 
  meadow 
  pools 
  may 
  support 
  a 
  dense 
  population 
  of 
  

   algae 
  — 
  Cladophora 
  expansa 
  and 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  Enteromorpha, 
  

   together 
  with 
  numerous 
  smaller 
  and 
  less 
  conspicuous 
  forms. 
  The 
  

   bottom 
  in 
  shallow 
  pools 
  commonly 
  is 
  overgrown 
  by 
  felt-like 
  

   masses 
  of 
  blue 
  green 
  algae, 
  comprising 
  such 
  forms 
  as 
  Lynghya, 
  

   Oscillatoria, 
  Microcoletis, 
  and 
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  * 
  Wliile 
  there 
  seems 
  little 
  question 
  that 
  the 
  paucity 
  of 
  seed 
  plants 
  in 
  salt 
  marsh 
  

   depressions 
  is 
  associated 
  with 
  poor 
  drainage, 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  esUblished 
  just 
  

   what 
  factors 
  (aeration, 
  salinity, 
  etc.) 
  are 
  directly 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  various 
  

   halophytic 
  species 
  to 
  grow 
  here. 
  Sec, 
  in 
  this 
  connection, 
  Yapp 
  and 
  Johns 
  C17. 
  p. 
  97). 
  

   Shreve, 
  Chrysler, 
  etc. 
  ('10, 
  p. 
  131). 
  

  

  