CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE 19 



PARTI. INTRODUCTION. By Forrest Shreve 21 



Climatology 30 



Temperature 31 



Humidity 41 



Rainfall 41 



Wind 43 



Topography 43 



Coastal Zone, Eastern Shore District 46 



Coastal Zone, Western Shore District 49 



Midland Zone, Lower Midland District 50 



Midland Zone, Upper Midland District 51 



Mountain Zone 52 



Shore-line Topography 53 



Mineralogy and Soils 51 



Coastal Zone, Eastern Shore District 59 



Coastal Zone, Western Shore District 59 



Midland Zone, Lower Midland District CO 



Midland Zone, Upper Midland District CO 



Mountain Zone CI 



Bibliography C2 



PART II. THE FLORISTIC PLANT GEOGRAPHY OF MARYLAND. 



By Forrest Shreve 65 



Introductory C7 



The Coastal Zone 76 



The Strand 82 



The Salt Marshes 82 



The Pine Barrens 85 



The Midland Zone 88 



The Mountain Zone 89 



General Considerations 90 



Bibliography 94 



