Solidago COMPOSITAE SoUdago 



Piedmont, and southward on the Coastal Plain to Wicomico County. 

 Late Aug., Sept. 



Var. aspera (Ait.) Fern. 



Similar habitats; frequent in the Piedmont and northern 

 part of the Coastal Plain; also: pine woods 33^ mi. n. of Accomac 

 village (Ac), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5523, 16 Oct. 1935 (P). 



Var. celtidifolia (Small) Fern. 



Rare: woods just n. w. of Vandyke (NC), Long, 9 Oct. 1909 

 (A); dry pine woods near Capeville (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 

 5522, 14 Oct. 1935 (P); edge of low woods 2 mi. s. of Painter 

 (Ac), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5521 (P). 



S. nemoralis Ait. See Rhodora 38, 224-227. 1936. Field Gold- 



ENROD. 



Common in dry, open soil, pine woods, dune sand on the coast, 

 and borders of salt marshes; frequent in the Piedmont, and on the 

 Coastal Plain southward to Talbot and Sussex Counties. Mid- 

 Aug., Sept. 



Var. Haleana Fern. 



A plant of southeastern U. S., in our area known only from 

 Northampton County: sandy pine woods, Eastville, Fernald & 

 Long, 5524, 5525; and dry pine woods n. of Capeville, 5526 



(U, P). 



S. canadensis L. 



Infrequent, in rich, open soil, in the Piedmont and northern part 

 of the Coastal Plain. Sept. 



S. altissima L. 



Frequent in rich, open soil of the Piedmont, and sandy soil of 

 the Coastal Plain southward to northern Accomac County. Sept. 

 to mid-Oct. 



S. gigantea Ait. var. leiophylla Fern. (S. serotina Ait. of manuals. 

 See Rhodora 41, 457-459. 1939.) 

 Common in rich, open ground. Piedmont and adjacent part of 

 the Coastal Plain, in New Castle County. Aug., Sept. 



S. rigida L. 



Rare in our area: Rock Springs (Ce), probably in serpentine soil, 

 J. J. Carter, 16 Sept. 1905 (A). 



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