32 FLORA OF VERMONT 



MYRICACEAE 



MYRICA. 



M. asplenifolia, Endl. (Comptonia peregrina, Coulter.) Sweet Fern. Dry 

 sterile soil ; common. 



M. Gale, L. Sweet Gale. Swamps and borders of ponds ; frequent. 



SALICACEAE. WILLOW FAMILY 



POPULUS. Poplar 



P. ALBA, L. White Poplar. Frequently spreading from the roots or es- 

 caped from cultivation. 



P. balsamifera, L. Balm of Gilead. Balsam Poplar. Borders of streams 

 and swamps ; frequent. 



P. DiLATATA, Ait. Lombardy Poplar. Frequent in cultivation and spreading 

 from the root. Only staminate trees occur. 



P. dcltoides, Marsh. (P. monilifera, Ait.) Cottonwood. Borders of streams 

 and lakes ; frequent in western Vermont and in the Connecticut valley 

 as far north as Brattleboro. 



P. grandidentata, Michx. Large-tooth Aspen. Rich woods ; frequent. 

 P. tremuloides, Michx. American Aspen. Woods ; common. 



SALIX. WiLLOw 



S. Alba, L. var. vitellina, Koch. White Willow. Frequent in cultivation 

 and as an escape by banks of streams. 



S. balsamifera, Barratt. Mt. Mansfield, Pr ingle ; Long Pond, Westmore, 

 E. Faxon; Elmore Mountain, Grout. 



S. Candida, Willd. Cold bogs ; rare. 



S. cordata, jNIuhl. Low wet soil ; common. 



S. discolor, Muhl. Wet soil ; common. 



S. discolor, Muhl. var. prinoidcs, Anders. Johnson, Grout. 



S. fluviatilis, Nutt. (S. longifolia, Muhl.) Shores of Lake Champlain and 

 of the Connecticut River ; rare. 



S. FRAGiLis, L. Crack Willow. Common in cultivation and as an escape 

 by streams and ponds. 



S. humilis. Marsh. Sandy barrens ; frequent. 



S. lucida, Muhl. Shining Willow. Moist banks ; frequent. 



S. myrtilloides, L. Peatbogs. Burlington, 7v*oZ/6ms; Bristol Bog, Pringle ; 

 Rutland, Rosa. 



