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 Field Work. July 25, 1900. 



CooTOft-r's Bluff . 



The bluff was a steep, aandy slope extending down to a flat 

 beacli. It was a Kame, part of the terminal moraina which the 

 glacier left Upon its withdrawal from Long Island. The situation 

 was different from that at Lloyd's ITecft. Here the shore was "being 

 gradually washed away, there it was "being built up, hence the 

 vegetation showed considerable differences. At Cooper's Bluff 

 older formsof vegetation were found close to the shore. As the 

 waves washed out the beach, the cliff became undercut and land-slides 

 frequently occurred, bringing the higher forms nearer to the shore, 

 while at Lloyd's ITeck, the vegetation appeared to be going backward. 



There seemed to be four zones. 

 1. The Beach Zone, from the beginning of vegetation to the slope. 

 Hef e we found : 



Strophostgcles angulpsa 



Atriplex hastatum Orache. 



Salsola Kali Saltwort. 



Chenopodiura album Lamb's Quarters. 



Polygonatum convolvulus Black Bindweed. 



Animophila arundinacea Sea Sand Reed. 

 This locality was poorer in its flora than Lloyd's Neck. There 

 were as many species but fewer plants because of the encroachments 

 of the sandslides and waves. 



