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soil to permit the penetration of the deeply seated cypress roots and which 
are not subject to drying out in the late summer. The trees are all shade 
enduring in their youth and probably with the exception of water gum Nyssa 
biflora all shade demanding in the earliest seedling stages. f 
n South Georgia’) the following species are found in alluvial woods and 
swamps and on muddy banks of creeks and rivers subject to overflow. E 
Taxodium distichum L. 
| Sabal Adansonii Guerns. (= S. glabra 
Juniperus virginiana L. Mill F 
ill.). 
Carpinus caroliniana Walt. Arundinaria macrosperma Michx. 
Populus monilifera Ait. (= P. deltoides | Tillandsia usneoides L. 
arsh.). Iris versicolor L. 
Quercus Iyrata Walt. Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb. 
»  Michauxii Nutt. Peltandra virginica L. 
Fraxinus americana L. Commelina hirtella Vahl. 
» caroliniana Mill. Scirpus divaricatus EI. 
Liriodendron tulipifera L. Rhynchospora corniculata Lam. 
Nyssa uniflora Wang. Saururus cernuus L. 
Chionanthus virginicus L. Boehmeria cylindrica L. 
Leucotho& racemosa L. Dianthera americana L. 
llex opaca Ait. Conoclinum coelestinum L. 
Berchemia volubilis DC. (= B. scan- | Pluchea petiolata Cass. 
dens Hill.). Lobelia cardinalis L. 
Clematis crispa L. 
Botrychium obligquum Muhl. 
Tecoma radicans L. 
This formation exists in the Altamaha Grit Region of Georgia (Harper loco citato) in the 
branch swamps occupying the troughs of the streams, small rivers and creeks. There is a wide 
diversity in these swamps (as to be seen in comparing the preceding plant list) and the constituent 
plants vary with the character of the stream and valley bottom) but the following plants are 
characteristic of such swamps: 
Rhus radicans. 
Iris versicolor. 
Pinus caribaea (= P. Elliottii, Planera aquatica, 
P. bahamensis). Gordonia Lasianthus, 
> serotina, Pinckneya pubens. Örontium aquaticum. 
» Taeda. Viburnum nudum. Sarracenia flava. 
Taxodium imbricarium. Clethra alnifolia, Sabal Adansonii 
N distichum. yrilla racemiflora, Serenoa serrulata. 
Acer rubrum, Cliftonia ligustrina (= C. mono- Smilax laurifolia. 
Liquidambar styraeiflua, phylla). >  Walteri 
Nyssa biflora. Leucotho& racemosa, Eriocaulon lineare. Br 
>» Ogeche. (N. capitata). Berchemia scandens > ecangulare. 
>»  uniflora. (linensis), Phoradendron flavescens. Tillandsia usneoides. 
Persea pubescens (= P., caro- Wistaria frutescens, Isoetes flaccida. 
The aspects of the vegetation of Okefinokee Swamp, Georgia?) seem to depend on - = 
distance of the sandy bottom below or above the water level. When the sand rises above the 
ı) HARPER, ROLAND M.: Notes on the Flora of south Georgia. Bulletin Torrey Botanical ; 
Club XXVII: 413—436. Aug. ı N 
900, 
2) HARrPER, R. M.: Popular Science Monthly 1909: 606. 
