Northern .Pine Barren-Strand District. 417 
Wildwood forest, using a dignified term for a remarkable growth of trees and shrubs, 
is part of the thicket formation on Five-mile Beach, constituted by the association of the follo- 
wing arborescent species: Juniperus virginiana, Prunus maritima, Quercus alba, Q. obtusiloba = minor, 
Myrica carolinensis, Sassafras officinale, Nyssa sylvatica, Magnolia glauca = virginiana, Acer rubrum (see 
Fig. 25), Prunus nalen: Quereus falcata and Vitis Labrusca. The vine which grows here reaches 
a foot in diamete l is a true liane. Upon the we ah in the shady open places, 
abound Cassia ee Strophostyles helvola, Solidago odora, S. pilosa, Panicum amarum, 
Eupatorium hyssopifolium, Micania scandens, Lespedeza capitata, Lycopus sinnatus, Lippia lanceolata 
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Fig. 24. eeise virginiana L. (Red Cedar) on Edge of Salt Marsh, wudwood, New Jersey. 
rthern Pine-Barren Strand District. Photograph by Geo. D. Firm 
and Ambrosia artemisiaefolia. Within the area of the thicket formation are open spaces repre- 
senting the depressions of the surface, as well as more elevated sandy glades. Several well-marked 
associations of plants take possession of these spaces, varying in ecologie composition according 
to the physiography. 
Occurring in the jungle of Wildwood') are a number of well-defined socie- 
ties classified as follows, with the names of their component character plants: 
ı) Forest Leaves, VII, p. 67 and 92. Two articles describing the remarkable tree growth on 
Five-mile Beach. 
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