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NH 6. Moose Pasture at East Inlet. Acreage: 100. 



Location: Coos County; Second Lake Quadrangle; 20 miles N of Pittsburg; 

 reached via Rt. 3 and East Inlet Road. 



Description: This is an extensive bog containing dwarf black spruce and 

 tamarack with maximum height less than 30 ft. Nonericaceous shrubs include 

 Nemopanthus, Amelanchier bartramiana, Viburnum cassinoides, and Pyrus 

 melanocarpa. Ericads include Gaultheria hispidula, Rhododendron canadense, 

 Ledum, Kalmia angustifolia, K. polifolia, Cassandra, low blueberry, and Vaccini- 

 um oxycoccus. Herbaceous plants include white fringed orchis, pitcher-plant, 

 sundews, and cottongrass. A dung-inhabiting moss (Splachnaceae) was seen. 



References: Lyon, C. J., and H. F. Bormann (eds. ). 1962. Natural areas of New 

 Hampshire, p. 36. 



Encroachments: Possible pulping operations in wooded parts. 



Ownership: St. Regis Paper Co., West Stewartstown, N.H. 03597. 



Data source: Albion R. Hodgdon, Department of Botany, University of New 

 Hampshire, Durham, N.H. 03824; F. L. Steele, Tamworth, N.H. 03886. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Henry 1. Baldwin, Franklin Pierce College, Hill- 

 sboro, N.H. 03244; Tudor Richards, New Hampshire Audubon Society, Con- 

 cord, N.H. 03301. 



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