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THE ECOLOGY OF THE DELAWARE COAST 



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and containing lily ponds {fig. 8), Here were found such char- 

 acter plants as Sparti7ia patents ^ Hibiscus Moschcutos, Solidago sim- 

 pcrvirens, Jtmciis scirpoides, J. tenuis, Sabbatia stellaris, Polygomun 

 hydropiperoideSy Xyrisflexuosa.cic, Andropogon virginicits and Carex 

 silicea occupying a little higher ground. Some portions of this 

 swampy meadow are undoubtedly under water during the winter 



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Fig. 7. — Hudsonia complex north of Rehoboth, with heath-like character somewhat 

 developed ; looking toward Henlopen light to northeast from the board walk ; coast 

 with first series of dunes shows in right background ; clumps of Myrica, oaks, pines, 

 with Hudsonia dunes in center background. 



storms, the sea coming in through openings in the dunes of the 

 first series. 



This meadow area stops rather abruptly on its northern edge, 

 at the desert-like expanse referred to above, which extends nearly 

 two and a half miles north and south, by five-eighths of a mile at 

 its widest point. Several inlets give an opportunity for the sea to 

 flood this region during storms ; in fact, the whole sandy area is 

 reported to be covered with water "three foot deep" in winter, 



