PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT. 
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Lophiola aurea Ker 
Low pine lands, sandy bogs, estuarine swamps, edges of tyty bays, etc., from 
Franklin and Jackson Counties westward; not common. 
New Jersey to Mississippi, in the coastal plain. 
SMdLACACEAE. Smilax Family. 
Smilax laurifolia L. Bamboo Vine. 
As in the case of Magnolia glauca and several other woody plants, this 
prefers bogs and swamps whose water-level fluctuates very little, such as non- 
alluvial swamps, bays, and clumps in peat prairies. It tolerates calcareous water 
(in Florida, not so much in other states), but has no use for mud or salt. Com¬ 
mon in nearly all the counties north of the Everglades, and is not unknown in 
Dade County. 
New Jersey to Louisiana, mostly in the coastal plain. 
Smilax Walteri Pursh. 
In somewhat richer or more calcareous swamps than the preceding; less 
common. Escambia, Santa Rosa, Jackson, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison and 
Levy Counties. 
New Jersey to Louisiana, in the coastal plain. 
JUNCACEAE. Rush Family. 
Juncus trigonocarpus t Steud. 
Sandy bogs and estuarine swamps in West Florida. On peat in Escambia 
County. 
South Carolina to Mississippi; almost confined to the coastal plain. 
Juncus polycephalus Mx. 
Estuarine swamps of Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. 
North Carolina to Texas, in the coastal plain. 
Juncus scirpoides compositus Harper (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 233. 1906.) 
Low pine lands, low scrub, sandy shores of lakes, etc. Occasionally out in 
the water or on the edge of peat. Not rare in the central parts of the State. 
Putnam, Lake, Orange, Osceola, and several other counties. 
North Carolina to Mississippi, in the coastal plain. 
Juncus Roemerianus Scheele j 
In brackish marshes all along the coast. Also occasionally a few miles 
inland, in low pine land (Wakulla Co.) or in estuarine swamps (Santa Rosa Co. 
and Hog Island). 
New Jersey to Texas, along the coast. 
