74 BIG SPRING PRAIRIE. 



The density of shrubby growth is fully as great 

 on the West Dune as on the Dune Complex, but there 

 is no sod upon the former, while portions of the latter 

 are densely sodded. 



The difference in herbaceous vegetation is still 

 more striking than in the case of the shrubby plants. 



On West Dune the following were the principal 

 herbaceous plants: 



Galium (two species) (Cleavers or Bedstraw); Cir- 

 caea lutetiana (Enchanter's night shade); Viola pubes- 

 cens (Downy Yellow Violet); Viola canadensis (Canada 

 Violet); Geranium maculatum (Wild Cranesbill); Podop- 

 hyllum peltatum (May Apple); Polygonatum biflorum 

 (Hairy Solomon's Seal); Scrophularia marylandica 

 (Maryland Figwood); Arctium lappa (Burdock); Urtica 

 gracilis (Slender Nettle); Botrychium virginianum 

 (Virginia Grape-Fern); Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive 

 Fern. ) 



On the Dune Complex the following were the most 

 common and characteristic herbaceous plants: 



BicucuUa cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches); Vag- 

 nera racemosa (False Solomon Seal); Vagnera stellata 

 (Stellate Solomon's Seal); Erythronium americanum 

 (Yellow Adder's Tongue); Trillium grandifiorum (Large 

 Flowered Wake-Robin); Polygonatum biflorum (Hairy 

 Soloman's, Seal); Podophyllum peltatum (May Apple); 

 Hydrastis canadensis (Golden Seal); Ranunculus (sev- 

 eral species) (Buttercups); Washingtonia longistylis 

 (Sweet Cicely); Dentaria laciniata (Cut-Leaf Pepper 

 Root); Anemone quinquefolia (Wood anemone); Caulop- 

 hyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh); and Cardamine 

 purpurea (Purple Bitter-Cress ) 



Other common plants are: 



Geranium maculatum (Wild Crane's Bill); Viola 

 (several species) (Violets); Scrophularia marylandica 

 (Maryland Figwort); Cicaea lutetiana (Enchanter's 

 Nightshade); Heuchera americana (Alum Root); Trios- 



