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Rhodora 



[February 



LYCOPOD1ACEAE. 



LyCOPODIUM CLAVATUM L. — "EVERGREEN." 

 found along dry fence row under spruces. 



Onlv one colony 



PINACEAE. 



Pints btR0BU8 L. — One small deformed tree found in a rocky 

 pasture. 



Pinits RIOIDA Mill. — Numerous gnarled trees present on a rocky 

 hill near harbor and on Northeast Point. At the latter locality, in 

 particular, the trees are badly deformed and numbers have been 

 killed by the wind. 



PlCEA canadensis (Mill.) li. S. P.— "Cat, Ski nk or Blue Schick. 

 Abundant. 



Picea rubra ( Du Roi) Dietr. — "Common, White, or Yellow 

 Spruce." Abundant. 



Amies halsamea (L.) Mill. — Pat her common but local. 



JUNIPER! S COMMUNIS L. VJU". DEPRESSA Plirsl). Abundant, full 



of fruit. 



JUNIPERUS HOKIZ0NTAL1S Moeiu'h. — Loeal; three colonies found. 

 Called "GbOUND or RUNNING CEDAR." This species is often collected 

 on ledges and rocky headlands, but its habitat on Matinicus is pastures; 

 where it creeps and at times almost conceals itself among the grasses. 

 This habit probably suggested the name "Slink weed" cited by 

 Norton. On Monhegan Island, it is known as "TbaILING Yew." 



TYPHACEAE. 



Typha latifolia L. — Occupies one large marsh near old harbor 

 almost exclusively and is scattered elsewhere. 



SPARGANIACEAE. 



Sparganium americanum Nutt. — In Ice Pond; mature fruit. 

 Sparganium ANGUSTIFOUUM Michx. — In Ice and Black Duck 

 Ponds; mature fruit. 



