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Accepted 21 August 1992 
Appendix A. Species of plants found on estuarine islands in southeastern North 
Carolina but not found in stomachs of marsh rabbits. 
Low Marsh 
Smooth cordgrass ( Spartina alterniflora ) 
Glasswort ( Salicornia virginica and S. europaea) 
High Marsh 
Cattail ( Typha sp.) 
Wax myrtle ( Myrica cerifera ) 
Seashore mallow ( Kosteletskya virginica ) 
Marsh elder ( Iva fructescens ) 
Marsh aster ( Aster tenuifolius ) 
Grass Flat 
Foxtail grass (Setaria magna ) 
Broomsedge ( Andropogon virginicus and A. scoparius ) 
Yucca ( Yucca aloifolia and Y. filamentosa ) 
Mexican tea ( Chenopodium ambrosioides) 
Prickly-pear ( Opuntia drummondii and O. compressa) 
Climbing milkweed ( Cynanchum palustre ) 
Ragweed ( Ambrosia artemisiifolia ) 
Dog-fennel ( Eupatorium capillifolium ) 
Climbing hempweed ( Mikania scandens) 
Shrub Thicket 
Red cedar (Juniper us virginiana) 
Live oak ( Quercus virginiana ) 
Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana ) 
Red bay (Persea borbonia ) 
Blackberry (Rubus spp.) 
Black cherry (Prunus serotina) 
Hercules’-club (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) 
Muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia) 
Wild lettuce (Lactuca canadensis ) 
