﻿Nichols: 
  The 
  vegetation 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  

  

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  Thelypieris 
  

   Phragmites 
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  validu^ 
  

  

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  cyperinus 
  

  

  Iris 
  versicolor 
  

   Juncus 
  brevicaudaius 
  

  

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  Rianex 
  Brittanica 
  

  

  Impatiens 
  hxflora 
  

   Hibiscus 
  Moscheidos 
  

  

  Cicuta 
  macidata 
  

  

  Lysimachia 
  terresiris 
  

  

  Lycopiis 
  spp. 
  

  

  The 
  vascular 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  subjoined 
  list 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  

  

  representative 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  fresh 
  

  

  of 
  coastal 
  fresh 
  meadows 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  list 
  is 
  far 
  from 
  complete. 
  

  

  \ 
  

  

  Onoclea 
  sensibilis 
  

   Os7niinda 
  cinnamomea 
  

   Calamagrostis 
  candensis 
  

   Carex 
  stricta 
  

  

  + 
  

  

  Juncus 
  effiisiis 
  

   Lilium 
  superbiirn 
  

   Polygonum 
  arifoUiim 
  

  

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  fr 
  

  

  Polygonum 
  sagUlaium 
  

   Verbena 
  haslala 
  

  

  Galium 
  Claytoni 
  

   Etipaioruim 
  purpureum 
  

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  perfolialum 
  

  

  Aster 
  novi-belgii 
  

  

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  puniceus 
  

  

  which 
  it 
  tends 
  to 
  

  

  Any 
  of 
  these 
  meadow 
  species 
  may 
  also 
  grow 
  in 
  association 
  

   with 
  the 
  cat-tails, 
  as 
  may 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  listed 
  for 
  the 
  mid- 
  

   littoral 
  region. 
  Fresh 
  water 
  cat-tail 
  marshes, 
  like 
  the 
  meadows, 
  

   are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  restricted 
  to 
  estuarine 
  situations, 
  but 
  are 
  variously 
  

  

  distributed 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  

  

  The 
  siipraliUoral 
  region.— 
  There 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   supralittoral 
  that 
  merits 
  special 
  comment, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  marginal 
  

   embankment. 
  Although 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  here 
  is 
  but 
  

   slightly 
  greater, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  littoral 
  marsh, 
  

  

  cut 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  midlittoral 
  marsh 
  along 
  

   the 
  river, 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  elevation 
  and 
  drainage 
  may 
  be 
  quite 
  

   sufficient 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  marked 
  efTect 
  on 
  the 
  vegetation. 
  Not 
  only 
  

   are 
  sundry 
  herbaceous 
  plants 
  found 
  more 
  frequently 
  here 
  than 
  

   elsewhere, 
  but 
  the 
  marginal 
  embankment 
  often 
  stands 
  out 
  con- 
  

   spicuously 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  its 
  woody 
  vegetation. 
  Shrubs 
  and 
  trees 
  

   may 
  occur 
  scattered 
  locally 
  through 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  marsh 
  away 
  from 
  

   the 
  river, 
  but 
  along 
  the 
  channel 
  they 
  commonly 
  form 
  a 
  promment 
  

   fringe 
  of 
  vegetation. 
  The 
  trees 
  here 
  include 
  the 
  willows 
  {Sahx 
  

   nigra, 
  S. 
  aJha 
  vitelUna), 
  the 
  elm 
  {Ulmus 
  americana), 
  and 
  various 
  

   other 
  species 
  elsewhere 
  characteristic 
  of 
  flood 
  plains 
  or 
  river 
  

   swamps. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  representative 
  herbaceous 
  and 
  shrubby 
  species 
  

  

  is 
  given 
  below. 
  

  

  