An Ecological Study of Buckeye Lake. 



19 



sacus sylvestris and Oxalis cymosa are the most abundant. To- 

 wards the inner margin of the cove the ruderal societies are 

 dominant. To the south is a clover field so filled with Aster 

 sp., Lactuca canadensis, Ambrosia trifida, Erigeron sp., Geum 

 canadense, Stachys aspera, Achillea millefolium, Anthemis 

 cotula and Dipsacus sylvestris that the clover is visible only on 

 close scrutiny. 



No levee was built along the south shore of the lake, which 

 is low, marshy and bordered by a tree zone except in the ex- 



FiG. 7. — Head of cove southeast of Summerland Beach. Ruderals 

 have taken almost entire possession of the mud flat. 



treme southwest portion near Shell Beach and southeast where 

 cultivated fields extend to the lake. From Summerland Beach 

 to Shell Beach, within recent years, short stretches of embank- 

 ment of planks stone or concrete have been built in front of 

 cottages and hotels. These together with the docks and boat 

 landings have greatly interfered with the vegetation. From 

 Castle Island to Shell Beach the shallow waters within 50-100 

 yards from the shore have a more or less dense growth of fixed 

 aquatics and swamp plants. In the quiet waters surrounding 



