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THE VEGETATION OF THE HACKENSACK MARSH: A TYPICAL AMERICAN FEN 



DIVISION III.— SPERMATOPHYTA 



Class i. — Monocotyledoneae 

 Typhaceae 



Typha angustifolia L. (Cattail). 



One of the most common plants of the marshes, growing chiefly in 

 brackish habitats. 

 Typha latifolia L. (Common Cattail) (Figs. 4, 8). 



Growing chiefly in the inner fresh-water parts. of the Hackensack fen 

 country. 



Alismaceae 

 Alisma Plantago-aquatica L. 



Common in shallow ponds and ditches. 

 Sagittaria latifolia Willd. 



Found in ditches and standing water everywhere on the marshes. 



Geaminaceae 

 Andropogon furcatus Muhl. 



Dry banks on Little Snake Hill. 

 Andropogon scoparius Michx. (Beard Grass). 



Dry, rocky ground on Little Snake Hill and elsewhere. 

 Avena saliva L. (Oats). 



Roadsides. 

 Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. (Blue-joint Grass). 



Rocky thickets bordering the marsh around Little Snake Hill. 

 Dactylis glomerata L. (Orchard Grass). 



Fields and roadsides. 

 Digitaria sanguinalis L. Scop. (Crab Grass). 



Common along roadsides and embankments. 

 Distichlis spicata L. Greene (Spike Grass). 



Common t3^ical salt marshes. 

 Echinochloa Walteri (Pursh) Nash. 



Brackish meadows and marsh borders. 

 Eleusine indica Gaertn. (Goose Grass). 



Railroad embankments. 

 Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. 



Railroad embankments. Common. 

 Eystrix patula Moench (Bottle-brush grass). 



Moist thickets on Snake Hill. 

 Leersia virginica Willd. (White Grass). 



Wet woods on Snake Hill. 



