RI 2. Ell Pond. Acreage: 50. 



Location: Washington County; Voluntown, Conn. -R.I. Quadrangle; about 3.5 

 miles W of Hope Valley; reached via West Rockville Rd. from Rt. 138 at 

 Rockville. 



Description: A shallow bog pond surrounded by a floating mat with typical bog 

 species, including sundews, pitcher plants, Woodwardia virginica, and Xyris. A 

 20-acre Rhododendron maximum swamp, shaded by coastal white cedar, sur- 

 rounds it on two sides; steep rocky outcrops, traversed by the Narragansett 

 Trail, are on the others. 



Encroachments: The white cedar has been cut over a number of years ago. 



Ownership: Northern shore, private; partly by Sewall Butler, Cromwell, Conn. 

 0641 6; southern shore, state of Rhode Island. 



Data source: R. H. Goodwin, Box 1445, Connecticut College, New London, 

 Conn. 06320. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Dr. Elmer A. Palmatier, Department of Botany, 

 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881. 



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