1925] Insects and Plants of a Strip of New Jersey Coast 237 
tall blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum) , bayberry ( Myrica caro- 
linense) and scrubby red cedar ( Juniperus virginiana). 
From the edge of the dune formation to the bay shore, the 
vegetation was quite uniform. A major portion of the area 
which comprised all of the high sandy ground on which the 
collecting was done, was covered with beach heather. As near 
the dunes, Lechea maritima was occasional here. A few patches 
of blue toad flax ( Linaria canadensis) were found here in spots 
with the most underground moisture. 
As the bay shore was approached this Hudsonia flora was 
diluted with various grasses in increasing amounts until it dis- 
appeared and a new type of vegetation took its place. In the 
beginning this transition was slow but close to the bay shore the 
change was rapid and other species came in. Some of the plants 
in this last area were undoubtedly “ballast plants.” The beach 
goldenrod reappeared here in great profusion but due to severe 
insect attacks, it did not bloom freely. Wild pepper grass 
(. Lepidium virginicum), sheep sorrel ( Rumex acetosella ), sea 
burdock ( Xanthium canadense) , goose foot ( Chenopodium polys- 
permum), beggar ticks ( Bidens connata), salt marsh lieabane 
( Pluchea camphor ata) , bush goldenrod ( Euthamia graminifolia) 
and primrose ( Oenothera biennis) more or less evenly mixed made 
up the major portion of the dry ground flora close to the bay 
shore. In addition there were a few patches of great bind weed 
( Convolvulus sepium) with its showy pink flowers. In the moist 
spots there were a few bushes of marsh elder ( Iva fructescens) and 
speckled alder ( Alnus incana). 
In the lower portions of this area we found the same group 
of marsh loving plants as near the ocean shore but with some 
additions. There were also several small, wild cranberry bogs 
(Oxy coccus mar cocarpus) . In other spots there were patches of 
the sundews “ Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera filiformis. Lyco- 
podium chapmani was quite frequent in wet spots. The narrow 
leaved sundrop ( Kneiffia linearis) was most plentiful along the 
margins of these moist areas. 
