VOLUME XLII NUMBER 2 
BOTANICAL. GAzetTes 
AUGUST, 1906 
THE NASCENT FOREST OF THE MISCOU BEACH PLAIN. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ECOLOGICAL PLANT GEOGRAPHY 
OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NO. 4.? 
W. F. GANONG. 
- (WITH FOURTEEN FIGURES) 
THE extreme northeastern angle of the Province of New Bruns- 
wick, as the accompanying map will show, is formed by the island 
of Miscou. The northwestern margin of this island is an extensive 
sandy beach plain, growing rapidly by action of the sea, locally 
called Grande Plaine. On this plain there is developing a forest 
which exhibits every stage of formation from the salt plants of the 
open sea beach to the heterogeneous vegetation of the mixed wocds. 
The conditions are unusual and the phenomena of proportional 
interest. In August 1905 I was able to give the place some two 
weeks of observational study, with results which follow. 
; In all such studies as this the ccrrect identification of the plants 
Is of first importance, and identification is becoming a matter of 
such difficulty that only a professional systematist is competent 
authority. Accordingly I have sent all cf my collecticns, including 
a specimen of every plant I found at Grande Plaine, to Professor 
M. L. Fernatp, of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 
who has been so kind as to determine their identity, and, as well, 
to give me the names they should bear in accordance with the recom- 
mendations of the Vienna Congress. I wish here to express my 
indebtedness to him and my best thanks for this invaluable aid. 
Such is the origin of the nomenclature of this paper. 
"No. 3 is in the Bor. Gazerre 36:1617186, 280-302, 349-367, 429-455- 1903- 
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