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2. A. maritima Lam. Wet sands or brackish marshes: Me. and 



Que. to Del. Also in Europe. 



Conn. Not uncommon along the coast, rare or wanting inland. 

 N. Y. S. I. and the south shore of L. I.; reported from the north 



shore, and along the lower Hudson by E. P. Bicknell. 

 N. J. Along the sea coast; and at Folsom in the pine-barrens 



(according to Stone). 



Confined for the most part to sea beaches and salt marshes. 



3. A. canina L. In meadows: Newf. to Alaska, south to Pa. and 



Tenn. ; native northward, naturalized from Eu. southward. 

 Rare, as a naturalized grass, in our area. 



4. A. Schweinitzii Trin. (A. perennans of many writers, not of 



Walt.). In shaded damp places: Que. to Wise, south to 



S. Car. and Kan. 



Conn. In the western half of the state, rare, increasing northwest- 

 ward. 



N. Y. S. I., the Bronx and Westchester Co., northward. 



N. J. Bergen, Morris and Passaic counties. 



Pa. Throughout. 



Apparently increasing westward in our range. 



5. A. hyemalis (Walt.) B. S. P. In dry or moist soil: Nearly 



throughout N. Am. 

 Common throughout the range. 



6. A. altissima (Walt.) Tuckerm. (A. elata Pursh). In swamps: 



L. I. and N. J. to Fla. and Miss. 



N. Y. Edgemere, L. I.; reported as common in southwestern 



L. I. by E. P. Bicknell. 

 N. J. Throughout the pine-barrens, and at Cape May. 

 Pa. Reported from Montgomery Co. 



Tertiary, common on Beacon Hill, rare elsewhere: Cretaceous, o: 

 Older Formations, rare and local. 159-220 days. About sea level. 



7. A. perennans (Walt.) Tuckerm. In dry soil: Mass. and N. Y. 



to N. J., Tenn. and Mo. 



Conn. Throughout. 



N. Y. Throughout, rare in the south, increasing northward. 



N. J. Rare and local at Cape May and along the western edge of 



the pine-barrens, thence increasing northward. 

 Pa. Throughout. 

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