Flowers of the Coast

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Ian Hepburn. Flowers of the Coast

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Table of Contents

EDITORS’ PREFACE

AUTHOR’S PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER 2 THE PHYSIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND

CLIFFS

BEACHES

DUNES

SALT-MARSHES

CHAPTER 3 SOME ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

CHAPTER 4 FORM AND HABIT OF COASTAL PLANTS

OSMOSIS

TRANSPIRATION

TRANSPIRATION-CHECKS. OR DEVICES FOR REDUCING TRANSPIRATION

SUCCULENCE

ROOT-SYSTEMS

DUNE ANNUALS

CHAPTER 5 SALT-MARSH VEGETATION

HOW A SALT-MARSH IS PRODUCED

SALT-PANS

RELATION BETWEEN VEGETATION AND THE PERIOD. OF SUBMERGENCE

RATE OF ACCRETION

THE SALT FACTOR

THE EFFECT OF TIDAL CURRENTS ON PIONEER SPECIES

LOWEST ZONE: COMMUNITIES OF ALGAE OR. EEL-GRASS

ANNUAL GLASSWORT ZONE (Salicornietum)

RICE-GRASS ZONE (Spartinetum)

SEA MANNA-GRASS ZONE (Puccinellietum)

SEA-ASTER ZONE (Asteretum)

SEA-LAVENDER ZONE (Limonietum)

THRIFT ZONE (Armerietum)

THE “GENERAL SALT-MARSH COMMUNITY”

SEA-PURSLANE COMMUNITY (Halimionetum) (formerly known as Obionetum)

RED FESCUE ZONE (Festucetum rubrae)

SEA-PLANTAIN ZONE (Plantaginetum)

SEA-RUSH ZONE (Funcetum)

TRANSITION TO FRESH-WATER SWAMP

POSSIBLE SUCCESSION TO WOODLAND

THE SALT-TOLERANCE OF DIFFERENT HALOPHYTES

CONVERSION OF SALT-MARSHES TO AGRICULTURAL LAND

TYPES OF SUCCESSION

CHAPTER 6 STRAND AND FORESHORE VEGETATION

CHAPTER 7 SAND-DUNE VEGETATION

FOREDUNES

OPEN AMMOPHILETUM

PARTIALLY FIXED DUNES

FIXED DUNES

DUNE-HEATH

DUNE-GRASSLAND

DUNE-SCRUB

SECONDARY DUNE VEGETATION

VEGETATION OF MOIST SLACKS

CHAPTER 8 SHINGLE BEACH VEGETATION

CHAPTER 9 VEGETATION OF SPRAY-WASHED ROCKS AND CLIFFS

CHAPTER 10 VEGETATION OF CLIFF-TOPS

CHAPTER 11 VEGETATION OF BRACKISH WATER

CHAPTER 12 THE FLOWERS OF THE COAST. A Descriptive Guide to the Principal Species

PAPAVERACEAE

CRUCIFERAE

VIOLACEAE

FRANKENIACEAE

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

TAMARICACEAE

MALVACEAE

GERANIACEAE

PAPILIONACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)

CRASSULACEAE

MESEMBRYACEAE

UMBELLIFERAE

RUBIACEAE

COMPOSITAE

PLUMBAGINACEAE

PRIMULACEAE

GENTIANACEAE

BORAGINACEAE

CONVOLVULACEAE

SOLANACEAE

PLANTAGINACEAE

CHENOPODIACEAE

POLYGONACEAE

ELEAGNACEAE

EUPHORBIACEAE

SALICACEAE

LILIACEAE

JUNCACEAE

JUNCAGINACEAE

ZANNICHELLIACEAE

ZOSTERACEAE

CYPERACEAE

GRAMINEAE

OTHER SUBMARITIME GRASSES

POLYPODIACEAE

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GENERAL

SALT-MARSHES

SAND-DUNES

SHINGLE BEACHES

CLIFFS AND CLIFF-GRASSLAND

FLORAS

INDEX

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Flowers of The Coast

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5. CLIFFS AND ROCKS (Chapter 9)

Rocky places above the high-tide mark or cliffs of any material, which are to some extent exposed to salt spray. Certain artificial habitats such as sea-walls, which are similarly exposed to spray, are included in this category.

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