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Mr. E. W. Berry had also determined the following plant remains : 



Taxodium disUchum (Linne) Rich. Bald Cypress 



Tappahannock (seeds, cone-scales and stumps) 



Rappahannock, i/^ mi. below Bayport wharf (stumps) 



Rappahannock, just above Parrotts Creek (stumps) 



Atlantic Coast, just south of Virginia Beach (stumps) 

 Fagus americana Sweet Beech 



Tappahannock (nuts) 



Nomini Cliffs (leaves and burrs) 

 Betnla nigra Linn6 Birch 



Rappahannock, IY2 nii. below Port Royal (leaves) 

 Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britt. Hickory 



Tappahannock ( nuts ) 

 Quercus sp. Oak 



Rappahannock, li/> mi. below Port Royal (leaves) 



Nomini Cliffs (acorns) 

 Ccltis occidentalis Linne Hackberry 



Tappahannock ( fruits ) 

 Vitis sp. Grape 



Tappahannock ( seeds ) 

 Ilex Cassine Linne Dahoon Holly 



Rappahannock, 1% mi. below Port Royal (leaves) 

 Nyssa biflora Walt. Gum 



Tappahannock (seeds) 

 Dendrium pleistocenium Berry Sand Myrtle 



Rappahannock, 1V> mi. below Port Royal (leaves) 



Areal distribution. — This formation has an extensive development in the 

 Coastal Plain region of Virginia, covering all of the Eastern Shore counties 

 of the State and the greater portion of the counties bordering Chesapeake 

 Bay on the west and south. In addition to this wide bordering plain it is 

 developed along all of the tide-water estuaries and often extends inland 

 almost to the head of tide. It forms the lowest subaerial terrace of the 

 region although wanting in many places where by recent cutting the streams 

 have removed it forming cliffs that expose the older formations. Alexandria, 

 Newport News, and Norfolk are all built on the Talbot plain and the 

 formation is seen in its typical development in the vicinity of these cities. 



RECENT. 



The Eecent deposits embrace chiefly those which are being laid down 

 today over the submarine portion of the Coastal Plain and along the various 

 estuaries and streams. To these must also be added such terrestrial deposits 

 as talus, wind-blown sand, humus, and deposits forming in the swamps and 

 bogs. In short, all deposits which are being formed today under water or 

 on the land by natural agencies belong to this division of geological time. 



The Eecent terrace now under construction along the present ocean shore- 

 line and in the bays and estuaries is the most significant of these deposits 



