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western side of the peninsula, while even there we find nothing 

 like the open pitch pine woods of the Pine Barrens. 



The country is largely cultivated along the coast and in the 

 lower portion of the peninsula, but the native flora is nowhere 

 destroyed as in the marl belt of the Middle District. 



An interesting feature of ' the flora of the peninsula is the 

 recurrence of many upland species, especially about Cold Spring 

 and Bennett, which are rare or absent between this point' and 

 the northern portion of the Middle district in Burlington and 

 Monmouth Counties, also the presence of certain other northern 

 species not known elsewhere south of the fall line. 



Such species are as follows: 



Botrychium virginicum. 

 Calamagrostis canadensis. 

 Sphenopholis palustris. 

 Poa brevifolia. 

 Panicularia septentrionalis. 

 Carex buxbaumii. 



" ' festucacea^ brevior. 

 Arisaema dracontium. 

 Veratrum viride. 

 Uvularia perfoliata. 

 Allium canadense. 

 Blephariglottis lacera. 

 Corallorhiza odontorhiza. 

 Peramium pubescens. 

 Carpinus caroliniana. 

 Betula nigra. 

 Fagus grandifolia. 

 Quercus rubra. 

 Aristolochia serpentaria. 

 Polygonum virginianum. 

 Liriodendron tulipifera. 

 Cimicifuga racemosa. 

 Anemone virginiana. 

 Clematis virginiana. 

 Ranunculus hispidus. 

 Thalictrum revolutum. 

 Menispermum canadense. 

 Sanguinaria canadensis. 

 Saxifraga pennsylvanica. 

 Saxifraga virginiana. 



In contrast to this 

 noticeable to the west 



Heuchera americana. 

 Geum canadensis. 

 Agrimonia mollis. 

 Cassia marilandica. 

 Meibomia nudiflora. 

 Oxalis violacea. 

 Linum virginianum. 

 Sanicula marilandica. 

 Angelica villosa. 

 Cornus florida. 

 Fraxinus pennsylvanica. 

 Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 Phlox maculata. 

 Scutellaria pilosa. 



" galericulata. 



Koellia flexuosa. 

 Cunila origanoides. 

 Chelone glabra. 

 Pedicularis lanceolata. 

 Pedicularis canadensis. 

 Galium circaezans. 

 Viburnum prunifolium. 

 Triosteum perfoliatum. 

 Campanula aparinoides. 

 Adopogon virginicum. 

 Lactuca spicata. 

 Aster macrophyllus. 

 Erigeron pulchellus. 

 Senecio aureus. 



is a certain southern element especially 

 of Bennett and Cold Spring, but spread 



