Sandy Hook's Beachcomber's Botany
The Plantlife from Sandy Hook Bay to the Atlantic Beach

"Those who want to control the earth ought to begin with a small garden..." - Anonymous

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"Physicists, chemists, biologists and even mathematicians represent in the public mind the
potential to do good - or great evil. But you don't expect botanists to win the Nobel Prize and...you don't
expect them to destroy the world one day." (Karl Sabbagh - A Rum Affair)

Marsh Fields / Roadside Holly Forest Thickets Poverty
Grasses		 Dunes
Sunlight: maximum
Soil
Type: muck
Moisture: saturated
Water: brackish		 Sunlight: maximum
Soil
Type: brown
Moisture: well drained
Water: fresh		 Sunlight: minimum
Soil
Type: rich, black
Moisture: moist
Water: fresh		 Sunlight: varied
Soil
Type: brown
Moisture: well drained
Water: fresh		 Sunlight: maximum
Soil
Type: poor
Moisture: dry
Water: fresh		 Sunlight: maximum
Soil
Type: sand
Moisture: well drained
Water: fresh & salt spray


Algae

Cord Grass
Salt Hay
Pickleweed
Marsh Elder
Sea Lavender


Mushrooms

Ferns and moss

Cactus
Poison Ivy
Switch Grass
Red Cedar
Broom Grass
Chicory
Ox-eye Daisy
Rabbit Foot Clover
Sweet Clover
Plantain
Mullein
Dandelion
Queen Anne's Lace
Soapwort
Bladder Campion
Milkweed


Holly
Poison Ivy
Green Briar
Red Cedar
Virginia Creeper
Solomon's Seal

Ferns and moss
Holly
Poison Ivy
Green Briar
Red Cedar
Virginia Creeper
Solomon's Seal
Beach Plum
Shad Bush
Blueberry
Hackberry
Bayberry
Sumac
Cherry
Pearly Everlasting
Rose
Groundsel Tree
Beach Heath
Toad Flax
Wormwood
Cactus
Bayberry
Earth Stars
Pinweed
British Soldiers
Dunes
Dune Grass
Seaside Goldenrod
Beach Pea
Sea Rocket
Cocklebur Sandwort
Seaside Spurge

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