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Cape Charles, Va.(the cape, not the town).
April 18-19, 1938
The extreme point is a curved sand-bar with no vegetation.
Then there is a considerable area of rather irregular sand flat extending from the inner beach to the outer shore - a shelf of clay-like sediment covered with a stiff grass, too  [[strikethrough]] young [[/strikethrough]] immature for identification. This sand flat has no trees in the distal portion, but is covered with Ammophila and other sand-binding grasses and two species of Juncus. Bushe of Myrica sp. are scattered here and there. Pools of fresh (?) water are abundant toward the center. Some immature plants make green spots here. In the sand Linaria canadensis is common, flowering freely.
The northern [[strikethrough]] half [[/strikethrough]]part of this flat is covered with Pinus Taeda, scattered and dead to the south, forming a dense forest northward where it changes to a series of low pine-covered dunes. This runs to the fence of the estate. The pines, especially at the outskirts of the forest, seem to be unhealthy. The needles are browned distally. The peripheral trees are dead also  some large ones throughout. Some logging, probably for [[strikethrough]] woo [[strikethrough]]firewood is being carried 
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on. Ilex opaca and Myrica sp. are rather abundant in the pine woods, the Ilex becoming dwarfed at the western edge, and very chlorotic. Some Sassafras is scattered in the forest. Near the fence of the estate, Lonicera japonica forms dense tangles, and Cornus florida, Pyrus arbutifolia, Smilax, Lonicera sempervirens and other plants become common. The Lonicera japonica has about taken possession of this part. Prunus serotina forms low wind beaten shrubs along the western edge of the dunes. Myrica sp. and Ilex also common here.