54 VEGETATION OF BLAKENEY POINT. 



Salicornia ramosissima (v.c.) 

 disarticulata (occ.) 



Statice Limonium (v.c.) 



Suaeda maritima (r.) 



Obione portulacoides (at edges). 



Glaux maritima (c.) 



Artemisia maritima (at edges). 



Cochlearia officinalis (r.) 



A Juncus association is present at the edge of these marshes, 

 the principal species of which are the following : 



Juncus maritimus (d.) 



Armeria vulgaris (v.c.) 



Glyceria maritima (v.c.) 



Glaux maritima (c.) 



Salicornia spp. (c.) 



Statice Limonium (c.) 



Spergularia media (c.) 



Plantago maritima (c.) 



In the bay formed by the depression in the " Hood " there is 

 the only Juncus association which the Blakeney Point area 

 itself affords. Juncus maritimus is the dominant plant, grow- 

 ing in a short turf of Agrostis maritima and Carex arenaria, 

 the occasional species being Cochlearia officinalis, Sagina 

 maritima, Anagallis arvensis, and Sedum acre. 



Further towards the lower edge is a zone of damp sand, in 

 which the Agrostis is more scattered and the barer parts are 

 occupied by Glaux maritima, Plantago Coronopus f. pygmcea, 

 and Sagina, with a single specimen of Juncus Gerardi. 



This Plant ago -Glaux association is characteristic of damp 

 hollows such as this, and is met with in several places on the 

 Headland where the same physical conditions prevail. 



The Samphire Marsh. 



From the Hood " landwards there extends out into the 

 estuary the remains of what was once a lateral shingle bank. 

 On the eastern side of this, near its extremity, is situated a 

 marsh which presents several peculiar features. 16 On the whole 



1(5. Iu view of its interest, this detached marsh requires a name. Itis proposed 

 to call it the Samphire Marsh, as it is here especially that the Sea Samphire 

 (Salicornia) is collected by the local inhabitants. 



