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Lake Vegetation 



The quieter waters of some of the bays, especially when protected 

 from the prevaiUng winds by a wooded point, are rich in aquatic 

 species. The deeper waters containing : 



Castalia tuberosa (Paine) Greene 

 Nymphaea microphylla Pers. 



" variegata iEngelm.) G. S. 



Miller 

 Potamogeton pcctinatus L. 



Potamogeton angustifolius B. &■ P. 



" lucens L. 



" perfoliatus L. 



Naias flexilis (Willd.) R. & S. 

 Nymphoides lacunosum ( Vent.) Kuntze 



Near the shores or in shallower water occurs extensive stretches 

 of "swale-grass," as it is locally known, consisting of Scirpus 

 americanus Pers., Spartina michauxiana Hitchc, 

 Scirpus validus Vahl, Juncus effusus L., Eleo- 

 charis palustris vigens Bailey, T y p h a 1 a t i f o 1 i a 

 L., with smaller and varying quantities of the following species: 

 Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) A. Gray, Pontederia 

 cordata L., Persicaria amphibia (L.) S. F. Gray, 

 Dianthera americanaL.,Mariscus mariscoides 

 (L.) Kuntze, Alisma subcordatum Raf., Persicaria 

 muhlenbergii (S. Wats.) Small, Saururus cernuus 

 L., Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Eeauv., 

 Cinna arundinacea L., and various other species. 



Stream Vegetation 



The quieter and deeper waters of the streams (figure 10) and 

 their shallow sandy or muddy shores contain an unusually large 

 aquatic vegetation, among which the following are the most 

 conspicuous by their abundance: 



Nymphaea variegata (Engelm.) G. S. 



Miller 

 " rubrodisca (Morong) Greene 



Castalia odorata (Dryand.) Woodv. of 



Wood 

 Myriophyllum verticillatum L. 

 Lemna minor L. 



" trisulca L. 

 Vallisneria spiralis L. 

 Philotria canadensis (Michx.) Br it ton 

 Persicaria amphibia (L.) S. F. Gray 



Zannichellia palustris L. 

 AzoUa caroliniana Willd. 

 Potamogeton natans L. 



" epihydrus Raf. 



" angustifolius B. of P. 



" heterophyllus Schreh. 



" perfoliatus L. 



" diversifolius Raf. 



" jjraelongus Wulf. 



" pusillus L. 



Neobeckia aquatica (Eaton) Greene 



Marsh Meadow Vegetation 



Marshy meadows in which the dominant species are Carices and 

 grasses are rather abundant in the lowlands east of Oneida lake. 



