. Contributions from the Osborn Botanical Laboratory. Plants. 326 George E. Nichols, and pebbles, ranging from the size of hens' eggs up to six inches or more in diameter—the type of accumulation commonly referred to as Shingle. Vegetation is sparse and xerophytic, practically the only plants ordinarily present being the annual, Cakile edenUila, and the herbaceous perennials, Lathyrus maritimns and Mertensia maritima. The last-named species, the so-called sea lungwort, with its glaucous foliage and rose-pink or blue flowers, and growing in depressed, circular patches two or. Figure 27.—Shingle
. Contributions from the Osborn Botanical Laboratory. Plants. 326 George E. Nichols, and pebbles, ranging from the size of hens' eggs up to six inches or more in diameter—the type of accumulation commonly referred to as Shingle. Vegetation is sparse and xerophytic, practically the only plants ordinarily present being the annual, Cakile edenUila, and the herbaceous perennials, Lathyrus maritimns and Mertensia maritima. The last-named species, the so-called sea lungwort, with its glaucous foliage and rose-pink or blue flowers, and growing in depressed, circular patches two or. Figure 27.—Shingle beach near mouth of Barrasois River; forest of white spruce, etc. along landward edge. three feet in diameter, is by far the most striking of the beach plants. The upper beach includes that part of the beach which, except during unusual storms, when parts or all of it may be wave swept, lies beyond the reach of the waves at all seasons of the year. Its crest is commonly more than three and occasionally as much as six or eight feet higher than ordinary high tide level. Stones are cast up on these higher beaches only by exceptionally severe storms, perhaps years apart. Like the middle beach, the upper beach, especially in its more exposed parts, may be little more than a great stone heap on which, except for a frequently. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Osborn Botanical Laboratory. [New Haven?] Osborn Botanical Laboratory, Yale University
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