Sandusky Bay and Cedar Point 



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1859 uncovered the bog and threw large masses of peat on the 

 shore in such numbers that one could follow the shore for miles 

 jumping from one to another. In 1904 we found peat in the 

 sand between two ridges near the lighthouse which were formed 

 about 1860. It had been moved along the shore and cast up by 

 the waves. Years later Mr. Lay saw peat strewn along the 

 beach almost as thickly as described by Mr. Remington. 



Vegetation of the Bar. 



The vegetation of the bar is scanty and limited with rare 

 exceptions to such species as grow on poor soil. Andropogon 

 scoparius, Panicum virgatum, Populus monilifera and Salix of 

 several species — am5^gdaloides, wheeleri, cordata, lucida, alba 

 vitellina — constitute probably nine-tenths of it all. On October 

 8th I walked the whole length but with that exception have not 

 traversed the greater portion of it, save in winter. Besides the 

 species mentioned above, the following are all that I have 

 noticed, those among the first being more common than those 

 toward end of the list. 



Solidago canadensis 

 Teucriuni canadense 

 Ascelpias syriaca 

 VerlDascum thapsus 

 Oenothera biennis 

 Euphorbia polj'gonifolia 

 Ptelea trifoliata 

 Cornus 

 Vitis riparia 

 Celastrus scandens 

 Rhus typhina 

 Nepeta cataria 

 Erigeron canadense 

 Andropogon furcatus 

 Sporobolus cryptandrus 

 Muhlenbergia mexicana 

 Cenchrvis tribuloides 

 Lycopus sinuatus 

 Gentiana andrewsii 

 Pastinaca sativa 



Equisetum robustum 

 Equisetum pratense 

 Prunus virginiana 

 Platanus occidentalis, 8, 

 Uhnus americana, 4, 

 Quercus velutina, 5, all small, 

 Quercus imbricaria, 1, 

 Fraxinus pubescens, 2, 

 . The last three species near Rye 

 Beach only. 

 Rosa carohna 

 x\chillea millefolium 

 Xanthium canadense 

 Gnaphaluini polycephalum 

 Eupatorium perfoliatuni 

 Strophostyles angulosa? 

 Lathyrus niaritimus, about a mile 

 and a quarter from Rye Beach, the 

 only place I have found it in Ohio. 

 Liriodendron tulipifera, one, 

 Neillia opulifolia, one. 



Doubtless a dozen more could be found by searching in 

 summer for a single day, perhaps a score by trespassing on the 

 marsh a yard or two, but compared with the 395 species, or 

 thereabouts, which I have found on the older portion of Cedar 

 Point, this list is small indeed. In all this barren waste of nearly 

 five miles there is not a cedar nor pine and I believe no maple, 

 black cherry, hackberry, mulberry, basswood, locust or any nut 

 bearing tree, except a few oaks within three quarters of a mile 



