SANDUSKY Bay AND CEDAR POINT Zales 
1859 uncovered the bog and threw large masses of peat on the 
shore in such numbers that one could follow the shore for miles 
jumping from one to another. In 1904 we found peat in the 
sand between two ridges near the lighthouse which were formed 
about 1860. It had been moved along the shore and cast up by 
the waves. Years later Mr. Lay saw peat strewn along the 
beach almost as thickly as described by Mr. Remington. 
VEGETATION OF THE BAR. 
The vegetation of the bar is scanty and limited with rare 
exceptions to such species as grow on poor soil. Andropogon 
scoparius, Panicum virgatum, ‘Populus monilifera and Salix of 
several species—amy odaloides, wheeleri, cordata, lucida, alba 
vitellina—constitute probably nine-tenths of it all. On October 
8th I walked the whole length but with that exception have not 
traversed the greater portion of it, save in winter. Besides the 
species mentioned above, the following are all that I have 
noticed, those among the first being more common than those 
toward end of the list. 
Solidago canadensis Equisetum robustum 
Teucrium canadense Equisetum pratense 
Ascelpias syriaca Prunus virginiana 
Verbascum thapsus Platanus occidentalis, 8, 
Oenothera biennis Ulmus americana, 4, 
Euphorbia polygonifolia Quercus velutina, 5, all small, 
Ptelea trifoliata Quercus imbricaria, 1, 
Cornus Fraxinus pubescens, 2, 
Vitis riparia The last three species near Rye 
Celastrus scandens Beach only. 
Rhus typhina Rosa carolina 
Nepeta cataria Achillea millefolium 
Erigeron canadense Xanthium canadense 
Andropogon furcatus Gnaphaluim polycephalum 
Sporobolus cryptandrus Eupatorium perfoliatum 
Muhlenbergia mexicana Strophostyles angulosa? 
Cenchrus tribuloides Lathyrus maritimus, about a mile 
Lycopus sinuatus and a quarter from Rye Beach, the 
Gentiana andrewsi1 only place I have found it in Ohio. 
Pastinaca sativa Liriodendron tulipifera, one, 
Neila opulifolia, one. 
Doubtless a dozen more could be found by searching in 
summer for a single day, perhaps a score by trespassing on the 
marsh a yard or two, but compared with the 395 species, or 
thereabouts, which I have found on the older portion of Cedar 
Point, this list is small indeed. In all this barren waste of nearly 
five miles there is not a cedar nor pine and I believe no maple, 
black cherry, hackberry, mulberry, basswood, locust or any nut 
bearing tree, except a few oaks within three quarters of a mile 
