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Proserpinaca palustris 

 Thai id rum purpurascens 

 Viola cucullata 

 Boehmeria cylindrica. 



Marsh Vegetation. 



The Marshes of the Eastern Shore aggregate many acres in area, 

 being must extensive in Dorchester and Somerset comities around 

 Tangier Sound, occupying considerable areas along the shores of all 



HALOPHYTIC VEGETATION 



CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ITS 



Fig. 5. — Map of Maryland showing the distribution of Halophytie Vegetation 

 in Chesapeake Bay and its estuaries. 



the larger estuaries, following far up the longer rivers and around 

 the shores of Chincoteague Bay on the ocean front. On Tangier 

 Sound the marshes are pronouncedly salt, as they are on all of the 

 larger estuaries of the southern part of the Bay, while in the rivers 

 at the head of the Bay they are entirely fresh. The transition from 

 Salt Marshes to Fresh Marshes may be observed not only along the 

 open waters of the Chesapeake in passing from the Capes to the 

 mouth of the Susquehanna, but also in passing up any of the longer 

 rivers emptying into the lower Bay, or in passing toward the upland 

 over any of the extended areas of Marsh on Tangier Sound. The 



