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Consequently, a great deal of the warmth derived from the 
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in 
fee Gulf Stream the st Indies, is lost to the coastal 
region north of Cape Hatter. 
Thus the geographic range oof the cabbage-tree peters out at 
The eon satias is amphibious. habitat ranges from 
perpetual water to permanently dry ro It thrives also in 
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meter. When the 
high these roots are evidently active, when it is low they are 
practically, of necessity, pees t. During the dry season 
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surrounding mud and is bar Persicarias, primrose- 
willows, ae ne grasses, veda, and other homely 
plants Aoureh there;.but the showy plants are more commonly 
the beautiful Carolina-aster and the fragrant hemp-weed, both 
of which clamber and climb up the trunk er for many feet. 
