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the soil is not distinctly saline. The evaporation is not as great 

 when measured for weekly intervals as that of the salt marsh. 



The dominant plants on the Sound side of Lloyds Neck are 

 Xanthium echinatum, Oenothera biennis, Atriplex patula hastata, 



Fig. 6. In places near the Sound the Spartina-patens Association is frequently 

 dominated by Salicornia. Center Island just above Fig. 4. 



Sueda maritima, Chenopodium album, Euphorbia polygonijolia, 

 Verbascum thapsus, Salsola kali. Convolvulus sepiuni pubescens, 

 and Arenaria peploides. On the harbor side of Lloyds Neck 

 Cakile edentula, Atriplex arenaria, and Strophostyles helvola are also 

 common. An occasional rootstock of Avimophila arenaria, and 



