Table -2. - Per cent of use, p'ef e'en f'' of aB^ondarice and index 

 rating of aquatic plants at Cuba Island, 1938. 



Per Cent Per Cent Index 

 Plan t -^_ of- Use - of Abundance Rating 



Rice cut-grass ( Leersia oryzoides ) 



Nutgrasses ( C^'perus spp.) 



Marsh smartweed ( Polygonum Muhlenbergii )- 



Teal grass ( Eragrostis hypnoides ) 



Ccontail ( Cera t ophyl lun dernersuiti ) 



I'Jater hemp , ( Aonid a tubercular r.) 



Luttonbush ( C ephal an thug occidentalis ) 



Snartweeds ( Polygonum spp. )■'"•' 



Longleaf pondweed ( Potamogeton americanus ) 0.67 



Sago pondweed (Pot amogeton ye ctinatu s) 



Duck potato ( Sagittaria latlfolia ) 



River bulrush ( Scirpus fluviatilis ) 



Spike rushes ( Eleocharis spp. ) 



American lotus ( Ilelumbo lutea ) 



?!arsh cord grass ( Spartin a richau xi ana ) 



Other native foods (total of 28) 



'None recorded for the area. 



'"Other tPian Muhlenter-li. 



'No figure given because of difficulty of measurement. 



