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These arc comparatively short lived, and are gradually crowded out b\' trees of 

 greater value and longer life. That nature can be effectively assisted in selecting 

 is shown by the following facts : 



The variety of forest grov/th in the Catskills is great. The variation in elevation 

 from 1,000 to 3,000 feet above sea level, with a mild climate, affords a congenial 

 habitat for a large number of species, the special limitation being upon those 

 trees which seemingly thrive best in moist places. The slopes are generally 

 steep and the valleys narrow. The following species have been noted in good 

 development : 



White pine, 

 Norway pine, 

 Red spruce. 

 Hemlock, 

 Balsam, 

 Hard maple. 

 Red maple. 

 Mountain maple, 

 Striped maple. 

 Yellow birch. 

 White birch. 

 Black birch, 

 American beech, 

 White oak, 

 Red oak. 

 Chestnut, 

 Shell-bark hickory, 

 Mocker-nut hickory, 

 White ash, 

 Black ash. 

 Sycamore, 

 Basswood, 

 Poplar, 

 Aspen, 

 Black cherry. 

 Pin cherry, 



Piims strobits. 

 Pinus rcsinosa. 

 Picea rubcns. 

 Tsuga canadensis. 

 Abies balsa niea. 

 Acer sace/iantui. 

 Acer rubrnin. 

 Acer spicatntn. 

 A cer pen nsyh 'a n icu m. 

 Bet II /a in tea. 

 Betula papyrifera. 

 Betitla lenta. 

 Fagus atnericaiia. 

 Qucrcus alba. 

 Quercus rubra. 

 Castanea dent at a. 

 Hicoria ovata. 

 Hicoria alba. 

 Fraxiniis anicricana. 

 Fraxinus nigra. 

 Plata nils occidentalis. 

 Tilia anicricana. 

 Popiilns grandidentata. 

 Populns trentnloidcs. 

 Prunus scrotina. 

 Primus pcnnsylvanica. 



