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THE VEGETATION OF THE HACKENSACK MARSH.' A TYPICAL AMERICAN FEN 



Chenopodiaceae 

 A triplex patula L. 



Brackish flats on the Hackensack River banks. 

 Atriplex patula var. hastata (L.) Gray. 



Hackensack River banks and inland. 

 Chenopodium album L. (Pigweed) . 



Everywhere on drier parts. 

 Chenopodium amhrosioides L. (Mexican Tea). 



Waste places and brackish meadows. 



Amaranthaceae 

 Acnida cannahina L. 



A very tall, tree-like herb growing throughout the marshes in brackish 

 stations. 

 Amaranthus retroflexus L. (Pigweed). 



Roadsides and cultivated grounds. 



Phytolaccaceae 

 Phytolacca decandra L. (Pokeweed) . 



Gravel of railroad embankments. 



Caryophyllaceae 

 Saponaria officinalis L. (Bouncing Bet). 



Very common along roadsides, embankments, and in waste grounds. 

 Silene stellata (L.) Ait. f. (Starry Campion). 



Woody banks on Snake Hill. 



Ranunculaceae 

 Thalictrum polygamum Muhl. 



Wet meadows near Belleville Turnpike. 



Lauraceae 

 Sassafras variifolium (Salisb.) Ktze. 

 Open woods on Snake Hill. 



Cruciferae 

 Lepidium virginicum L. (Wild Pepper Grass). 



Common in waste places. 

 Sisymbrium altissimum L. (Tumble Mustard). 



Roadsides and waste places. 



