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ME 2. Caribou Bog (Thousand Acre Bog). Acreage: About 1000. 



Location: Aroostook County; Sherman Quadrangle; about 0.5 mile S of Crystal, 

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Description: A calcareous bog with a rich flora of orchids (Cypripedium reginae, 

 Pogonia, Calopogon, Arethusa, Habenaria leucophaea, H. hyperborea), dwarf 

 birch (Betula pumila), Valeriana uliginosa, and many interesting sedges, includ- 

 ing Carex exilis. 



Ownership: Probably private. 



Data source: Frederic L. Steele, Tamworth, N.H. 03886. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Well known to the late Dr. Merritt L. Fernald 

 and to the late Dr. Arthur S. Pease of Cambridge, Mass. 





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