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PA 2. Boleratz Bog. Acreage: 30 estimated. ~0 



Location: Erie County; Union City, Pa.-N.Y. Quadrangle; 4.5 miles NE of 

 Union Cit 

 page 410. 



Union City; reached via Rt. 6, Twp. Rd. 1463 and 1508 (left). Area B on map on CO 



Description: Sphagnum-shrub bog with larch (Larix laricina), high bush cran- 

 berry ( Viburnum cassinoides), a fine stand of showy lady's slipper {Cyphpedium 

 reginae), and a tall, white bog orchid (Habenaria dilatata). Also the tall, leafy 

 green orchid (//. hyperborea), purple fringed orchid (H. fimbriata), Loesel's 

 twayblade (Liparis loeselii), and adder's-mouth (Malaxis brachypoda). In addi- 

 tion, there are water avens (Geum rivale), star-flowered Solomon's-seal 

 (Smilacina stellata), buck-bean (Menyanthes trifoliata), cottongrass 

 (Eriophorum viridi-carinatum), round-leaved sundew (Drosera rot undi folia), 

 pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), and swamp saxifrage (Saxifraga pennsyl- 

 vanica). 



References: Henry, L. K. 1950. Comparison of the floras of some western 

 Pennsylvania bogs, Proc. Pa. Acad. Sci. 24. 



Ownership: Martin Boleratz, R. D., Union City, Pa. 16438. 



Data source: Dr. LeRoy K. Henry, Curator of Plants, Carnegie Museum, Pitt- 

 sburgh, Pa. 15213. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Mr. W. E. Buker, 3833 Oswego St., Pittsburgh, 

 Pa. 15212; Dr. Kimball S. Erdman, Department of Biology, Slippery Rock State 

 College, Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057. 



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