An Ecological Study of the New Jersey Strand Flora
Harshberger JW. 1900. An Ecological Study of the New Jersey Strand Flora. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 52:623-671
The development of the Atlantic sea coast from Maine to Virginia, and especially of the coastal lands of New Jersey, as places of summer resort has rendered a botanical survey of the shore line an imperative necessity. 'With the rise of towns and cities and the building of railroads, the primitive condition of the sea beaches has been remarkably changed. Dunes have been leveled, marshes have been filled in, old drainage areas have been removed. new soil has been brought to cover the sand formations to prevent their drifting, and these alterations have not failed to produice corresponding changes in the vegetation. New plants, weeds and the like, able, as well as the native plants, to withstand the saline conditions of air and soil, have been introduced with the couming of man as a permanent habitant; the old vegetation has been gradually removed, or, no longer able to grow under the altered conditions, has given place to the emigrants distributed by the aid of human beings.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Harshberger, J
- Units
- GATE
- Keywords
- Distribution, Ecology, Habitat, Plant Studies, Species List, Survey, Vegetation