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Location: Tompkins and Cortland counties; Groton 7.5' Quadrangle; im- 

 mediately adjacent to Malloryville and McLean; reached via Rt. 1 3. 



Description: A notable complex of glacial deposits with kames and eskers, 

 pitted by swamps and bogs. The area is traversed by Mud and Beaver creeks 

 that are fed by large springs flowing from the glacial gravel. The swamps are sta- 

 tions for boreal plants, rare in this region. There is an excellent stand here of 

 Cypripedium reginae. 



References: Von Engeln, O. D. The Finger Lakes region, its origin and nature, 

 p. 117. 



Encroachments: Some of the kames are being worked by the Highway Depart- 

 ment for gravel. A swamp in the Cortland County sector has been considered 

 for a city dump. There is some grazing and logging on the slopes. 



Ownership: Private. 



Data source: Dr. L. H. MacDaniels, 422 Chestnut St., Ithaca, N.Y. 14850. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Dr. J. W. Wells and Dr. William Dress, Cornell 



University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850. 



Map on following page 



