Rbodora 
JOURNAL OF 
THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB 
Vol. 12. ^ September, 1910. No. 141. 
WOODY PLANTS OF BROOKLIN, MAINE. 
ARTHUR H. GRAVEs. 
Tue following paper presents a record of collections of woody 
plants made by the writer during the month of August, 1908, in the 
township of Brooklin, Maine. Although the list is fairly complete 
and is based on a comprehensive survey of the township, a more 
thorough investigation would probably disclose a few additional 
species and new stations for those species already observed. 
As far as can be ascertained there are no published records of 
collections of plants made in the township of Brooklin. The neigh- 
boring island of Mt. Desert, however, has been well explored, as the 
admirable flora of Mt. Desert Island by Rand and Redfield ! testifies. 
The township of Brooklin covers an area of about sixteen square 
miles, and is located on a point of land extending in a southeasterly 
direction, which marks the extreme eastern limit of Penobscot Bay. 
On its eastern side it is separated from Mt. Desert Island by Bluehill 
Bay, and to the west lie Eggemoggin Reach and Deer Isle. The 
whole region is fairly low, the highest point being at the north, where 
an altitude of about 200 feet occurs. Northwest of this high point 
Brooklin is divided from the adjoining town of Sedgwick by the 
Benjamin River, which is said at times of high tide to connect by 
way of Salt Pond with Bluehill Bay. If this is the case, the town is 
practically an island. In the central part of the township lies a 
plateau of considerable extent, which is entirely uninhabited and 
1 Rand, E. L., and Redfield, J. H.; Flora of Mount Desert Island, Maine. A 
preliminary catalogue of the plants growing on Mount Desert and the adjacent 
islands. Cambridge. 1894. 
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