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sandy beaches are the following:- Juncus brevicaudatus 
(iSnglem*) Pernold, Hypericum elliptlcum Hook* (pale St* 
John's wort), Cladiun nariscoidos Terr* (twig-rush), 
Ranunculus Plemcmla L. (smaller spearwort), Him ulus ringens 
L* (nonkey flower), Slum cloutaefollnm Schrank (water 
parsnip), Agrostia hy emails (Walt.) BSP* (hair grass). Carex 
erinita Lam*, Carex rostrata Stokes, and Carex Ooderi Betz. 
Both the sandy and gravelly beaches are very often backed 
by a shrubby association composed of 6hamaedaphne calyou - 
lata . Ilex verticlllata . and nlnua Incana * With these often 
occur Spiraea salicifolia and Praxinus nigra , fringing tho 
mesophytic forest. 
It is evident from tho above description 
that tho transition from lake to mesophytic forest is rather 
abrupt; this is especially true on the north side of tho 
lake, where the angle of slope is greatest* The few asso¬ 
ciations notod along the narrow beaches consist of plants 
which are able to endure submergence for brief periods. The 
shrubby growth backing the beaches, though only a little 
above the mean level of the lake, is high enough to escape 
mostly the destructive influences of high water. 
c. Blood plain. 
On account of tho varying influence to 
which the flood-plain is subjected, the successions are not 
