86 The Plant-formation of Clays and Loams 



Juncetum communis. On low-lying clayey soils the 

 ground-water frequently approaches the surface and 

 where this is the case the typical pasture or meadow- 

 land passes into an association nearly always marked 

 by a predominance of species of Juncus, J. conglomeratus 

 and /. effusus, frequently with /. articulatus, J. hufmiius, 

 and J. glaucus. Other species found in this association 

 are: 



