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THE VEGETATION OF THE HACKENSACK marsh: A TYPICAL AMERICAN FEN 



SCROPHULARIACEAE 



Gerardia purpurea L. (Purple Gerardia). 



Low marshland around Little Snake Hill. 

 Linaria vulgaris Hill (Toadflax). 



Roadsides and fields. 

 Scrophularia leporella Bicknell. 



Rich open woods on Snake Hill. 

 Verbascum Blattaria var. alhiflorum Ktze. (Moth Mullein). 



Common along roadsides. 

 Verbascum Thapsus L. (Comon Mullein). 



Fields and gravelly banks. 



Lentibulariaceae 

 Utricularia intermedia Hsiyne (Bladderwort) (Fig. 12). 

 In a low ditch by the Belleville Turnpike. 



Plantaginaceae 

 Plantago lanceolata L. (English Plantain). 



Common along roadsides and in fields. 

 Plantago major L. (Common Plantain). 



Very common in all waste places. 



Caprifoliaceae 

 Sambucus canadensis L. (Common Elder). 



Very common in the drier parts of the marsh. 

 Triosteum perfoliatum L. (Wild Coffee). 



Open fields on Snake Hill. 

 Viburnum prunifolium L. (Black Haw). 



Moist thickets near Schuyler's Corner. 

 Viburnum pubescens (Ait.) Pursh. (Downy Arrow- wood). 



Rocky banks of Little Snake Hill. 



CUCURBITACEAE 



Sicyos angulatus L. (One-seeded Bur Cucumber). 



Clambering over low herbs in the northeastern corner of the valley. 



LOBELIACEAE 



Lobelia siphilitica L. (Great Lobelia). 



Open meadow near Schuyler's Corner. 



