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  Nichols: 
  The 
  vegetation 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  whole 
  these 
  latter 
  plants 
  are 
  of 
  relatively 
  subordinate 
  

   ecological 
  importance, 
  but 
  certain 
  of 
  them, 
  e.g., 
  Orontkim, 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  predominate 
  'locally. 
  

  

  Fig 
  

  

  River. 
  

  

  9- 
  Zizania 
  paliistris 
  fringing 
  an 
  estuarine 
  , 
  marsh 
  along 
  the 
  Quinnipiac 
  

   North 
  Haven. 
  

  

  The 
  Upper 
  littoral 
  marshes 
  a?id 
  meadoivs,—ln 
  typical 
  cases 
  the 
  

   vegetation 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  littoral 
  region, 
  which 
  includes 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  swamp 
  surface, 
  is 
  predominately 
  reed-like 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  situations, 
  tending 
  to 
  assume 
  a 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  tions. 
  

  

  ifol 
  

  

  T. 
  angustifolia) 
  are 
  the 
  commonest 
  representatives, 
  and 
  the 
  

   cat-tail 
  associations, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  wild 
  rice 
  associations 
  of 
  

   the 
  wetter 
  situations, 
  comprise 
  the 
  most 
  distinctive 
  association- 
  

  

  fresh 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  plants, 
  among 
  

   others, 
  are 
  commonly 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  cat-tails 
  in 
  fresh 
  coastal 
  

   marshes, 
  either 
  as 
  scattered 
  individuals 
  or 
  as 
  local 
  dominants: 
  

  

  * 
  Harshbergcr 
  ('19) 
  likens 
  marshes 
  such 
  as 
  these 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  "fens." 
  and 
  

   propo«fe3 
  that 
  they 
  be 
  so 
  designated. 
  

  

  