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Field Notes, 1912, Part 2_069

Item

Raymond J. Pool Field Notes and Records
Title
Field Notes, 1912, Part 2_069
Alternative Title
Field Notes, 1912, Part 2
Date
1912
Creator
Raymond J. Pool
Description
Raymond J. Pool Field Notes
Identifier
120712
Transcription
69 50 In meadows from which surface water has disappeared the assoiciation is more diffuse or irregular and often alternates in the wetter portions with the other associations of the formation. The species that give character to this association are Juncus balticus , J. tennis , J. longistylis , J. nodosus , Eleocharis palustris , E. acicularis , E. acuminata , and Scirpus atrovirens , and S. americanus as relicts from the Marsh Formation. Scirpus validus also often persists for a number of years as a relict. So also Typha latifolia remains as a few widely scattered slumps or individual plants until the soil has become quite dry. From the fact that the association becomes very wet and seems very much during the spring months one readily sees why these common relicts are able to persist. The surface of such places is very often cover by water that does not disappear in some cases until mid-summer. The presence of te Junci and Eleochari in close aggregation is to be considered as the typical expression of this association. In such habitats as outlined above there together or in pure stands frequently cover
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