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cover of the maple-beech-birch type 

 (Allegheny Transition) with well pre- 

 served forest floor vegetation, especially 

 rich in ferns. Features of outstanding 

 interest, a series of glacial drainage 

 channels and pot-holes of cooler summer 

 temperature with colonies of hart's 

 tongue fern. One of the main areas for 

 study by staff and students of natural 

 history departments at Syracuse 

 University. 



Go from Syracuse 6 mi. southeast via 

 D. L. &. W. R. R., or Syracuse Suburban 

 electric to Jamesville and walk one mile. 

 Walk from University campus 4 mi. 

 Elevation 550 to 800 it.— William L. 

 Bray, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N. Y. 



Reference: 

 Hunter, Mabel R. The Present Status 

 of Scolopendrium in New York 

 State. Amer. Jour. Bot., 9: 28-36. 

 1922. 



8. "McLean Bogs. (A4.) Bog plant 

 associations related to peat and marl 

 deposits. 100 acres occupying glacial 

 moraine area located about 15 mi. north- 

 east of Ithaca and one mi. east of the 

 village of McLean, a good example of the 

 Central New York type of bogs occupy- 

 ing shallow glacial basins in a limestone 

 region; small mammal and bird fauna 

 characteristic of Allegheny Plateau 

 region; used as a biological field station 

 by Cornell University, a member of 

 whose biological faculty is by special 

 provision made custodian of the pre- 

 serve. Elevation, 1000 ft. 



Go 15 mi. northeast of Ithaca via 

 Lehigh Valley R. R. to McLean, walk 

 one mi. east — Prof. James G. Needham, 

 Cornell University, c^istodian. 



Reference : 

 Needham, James G. McLean Bog. 

 Science Monthly, 12: 246-252, 1920. 



9. Spring Lake Marl Ponds. (A4.) 

 Peat Bogs, and Swamps. An area of 

 several hundred acres, comprising a 

 series of small lakes or ponds surrounded 

 by numerous bogs, swamps, and prairies. 



Ontario Basin topography, 20 mi. north 

 of Cayuga Lake. Good botanical col- 

 lecting ground, especially rich in orchids 

 (25 species listed). Typical Central 

 New York bogs and swamps associated 

 with marl deposits. Elevation 400 ft. 

 Walk of about 8 mi. from Savannah 

 or Port Byron on the N. Y. Central and 

 Rochester-Syracuse electric. — Profs. K. 

 M. Wiegand and A. M. Wright, Cornell 

 University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Reference : 

 Metcalf, F. P., and Griscom, L. Rho- 

 dora, 19:28-37 and 48-55, 1917. 



10 West Junius Bogs and Marl Ponds. 

 (A4.) 100 to 300 acres lying 6 mi. north 

 of Geneva. "Affords excellent examples 

 of marl springs, marl moor and marl 

 ponds as contrasted with peat bogs and 

 ponds." Flora very rich containing 

 many rare plants. Elevation, 400 ft. — 

 Prof. K. M. Wiegand, Cornell University. 



References: 

 Rowlee, W. W., Relation of Marl 

 Ponds and Peat Bogs. Mem. Brook- 

 lyn Bot. Garden, 1: 410-414, f. 1-3, 

 1918. 



11. Bergen Swamp. (A4.) 100 to 200 

 acres of typical bog and swamp vegeta- 

 tion, 20 mi. southwest of Rochester 

 between the West Shore R. R. and Black 

 Creek; "one of a succession of swamps 

 which occupy a depression extending 

 from the Genesee River to the Niagara 

 River: 100 acres of open bog and 

 swamp — a marl bed covered with grass- 

 like plants, chiefly sedges, with patches 

 of sphagnum and a few dwarf cedars 

 (Thuja) and tamaracks. The surround- 

 ing belt of land is covered with a dense 

 jungle of cedar (Thuja) and tamarack; 

 one of the choicest locations for field 

 excursions from the University of Roch- 

 ester and by the naturalists of the 

 Rochester Academy of Science." Eleva- 

 tion 550 to 600 ft. 



Go from Rochester via West Shore R. 

 R. 20 mi. southwest to Byron on the 

 New York Central to Bergen. — Prof. 

 W. D. Merrill, Univ. of Rochester. 



