Abstract
GOOD, R. E. (Dept. Biol., Rutgers Univ., Camden, N. J.) and N. F. GOOD, (Biological Abstracts, Philadelphia, Pa.). Vegetation of the sea cliffs and adjacent uplands on the north shore of Long Island, New York. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 97: 204-208. 1970. An area of sea cliffs and adjacent uplands 7 km north-northwest of Riverhead, Long Island was studied. These cliffs range in height from 30-35 m above Long Island Sound. While most of these cliffs are very unstable and often nearly devoid of vegetation, the development of a pygmy beech forest (Fagus grandifolia) is possible in areas which remain stable for long periods. Successional stages preceding the development of this community include beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata), little blue-stem (Andropogon scoparius), beach-heath (Hudsonia tomentosa) and pitch pine (Pinus rigida). Similar vegetational sequences take place on the adjacent uplands after destruction of the vegetation by wind blown sand.
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