TRANSACTIONS OF WAGNER 



THE VEGETATION OF THE HACKENSACK marsh: A TYPICAL AMERICAN FEN 



Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra (Ehrh.) Pers. (Swamp Milkweed). 

 Common in swampy situations. 



CONVOLVULACEAE 



Convolvulus arvensis L. (Field Bindweed). 



Waste places and railroad embankments. 

 Convolvulus septum L. (Hedge Bindweed). 



Clambering over tall herbs in marsh thickets. 

 Cuscuta compacta Juss. (Dodder). 



Clambering over Goldenrods in moist thickets. 

 Cuscuta Gronovii Willd. (Dodder). 



In wet shady copses, climbing on other plants. 



BORAGINACEAE 



Echium vulgare L. (Viper's Bugloss). 

 Common along roadsides. 



Verbenaceae 

 Verbena hastata L. (Blue Yerya.m). 

 Damp banks and roadsides. 



Labiatae 

 Collinsonia canadensis L. (Horse Balm). 



Rich moist woods on western slopes of Snake Hill. 

 Lycopus americanus Muhl. 



Damp soil near embankments. 

 Lycopus virginicus L. (Bugle Weed). 



Rich moist grounds. 

 Nepeta Cataria L. (Catnip). 



In gravel near the Harrison Turnpike. 

 Fycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Durand and Jackson. 



Dry open hillsides of Little Snake Hill. 

 Teucrium canadense var. Morale (Bicknell) Fernald. 



Common marsh thickets and low grounds. 



Solanaceae 

 Datura Stramonium L. (Jimson Weed). 



Common on rubbish heaps and gravel embankments. 

 Solanum Dulcamara L. (Bittersweet). 



Northern part of the Hackensack region. 



