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shelf south of the western portion. One stand of Gy no don 
dactylon , measuring about 20 by $0 feet, occurred west of the 
ponds. There were many scattered patch' s of herturu s repens , chiefly 
closer to the beach than th e b un e hgpa a and one clump of Setaria 
verticillata was found among the buncngrass. hep&dium owafhiense 
was abundant on the western portion. A few stunted Scaevola 
taccada ousneo ^rew around the soutnern edges of the eastern portion, 
alli um' plants growing; in a garbage heap were destroyed, and one 
introduced olant of ^onchus was noted* The most significant floral 
change since 1961 was the introduction of Brassic a Co.** pc* 
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east* rn portion. 
There is less information on the remaining islets in the atoll. 
There were sandspits reported between Southeast and Grass in 1923; 
several still existed there in 1963, but had no vegetation. The 
sand bar awash at high tide reported south of ITorth Island on the 
1937 charts had several clumps of on it and an elevation . 
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of five to six feet above sea level in 1963* An additional sand- 
spit between Bird and Sand was named Planetree by the Coast Guard 
buoy tender of that name while on a visit in 196--, 
Bryan lists eleven species for north Island in 1923, and 
Christopherson and Caum state that Caoparis sandwichiana and 
Achyranthes splendens were present in that year. In 1963 its 
vegetation was similar to that of Southeast, but no detailed list 
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