Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia . i^v^P^v Fig. 7. Reed Grass, Phragmites communis, surrounding a low tree of Wild Black Cherry, Prunus serotina, near a Branch of Sawmill Creek, August 15, 1916. V. G. B. FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ^ THE VEGETATION OF THE HACKENSACK MARSH: A TYPICAL AMERICAN FEN most abundant birds of the meadow and use the reeds as dormitories. Thesebirds perch in long lines on roadside telegraph wires above the marsh.* Associated with these three plants, varying here and there in abundance,is the rose-mallow. Hibiscus Moscheutos, which glori
Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia . i^v^P^v Fig. 7. Reed Grass, Phragmites communis, surrounding a low tree of Wild Black Cherry, Prunus serotina, near a Branch of Sawmill Creek, August 15, 1916. V. G. B. FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ^ THE VEGETATION OF THE HACKENSACK MARSH: A TYPICAL AMERICAN FEN most abundant birds of the meadow and use the reeds as dormitories. Thesebirds perch in long lines on roadside telegraph wires above the marsh.* Associated with these three plants, varying here and there in abundance,is the rose-mallow. Hibiscus Moscheutos, which glorifies the grassy stretchesin August with numerous large rose-pink to white flowers. The arrow-leaf,Sagittaria latifolia, is found in standing water everywhere in the area. Scirpuscyperinus, Spartina cynosuroides (Fig. lo), are abundantly associated withthe taller plants, forming the same layer of growth. The Turks-cap Hly,Lilium superbum, noted by me in full flower on August 6, 1916, is not uncom-mon. The three-seeded mercury, Acalypha virginica, is a rare fen specie
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