THE VEGETATION OF MONTAUK 



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have been noted that they attract more attention and are often assumed to 

 be the characteristic condition of all kettleholes. The preceding account 

 will have failed of its purpose if it is not now understood that these con- 

 spicuous wooded kettleholes are themselves the result of the development 



Figure 9. Details of figure eight. Clumps of Scirpus cyperinus. The shrubs are 

 mostly Cephalanthus occidentalis, and Rosa virginiana, more rarely Vaccinium corymbosum 

 and Spiraea latifolia. 



of the vegetation from the pioneer, and easily exterminated assemblages 

 of plants found in kettleholes with long-standing or fugitive water, through 

 a somewhat tentative woody stage to a climax of relatively permanent 

 trees and shrubs with their associated herbs. 



