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Hicoria alba (L.) Britton 

 Gary a tomentosa Nutt. 

 Mockernut. White-heart hickory 

 Fields aud woods. Not common. Nut thick shelled, seed 



sweet. Hicoria microcarpa (Nutt.) Britton 



Car 3^ a microcarpa Nutt. 

 8 mall- fruited hickory 

 Frequent in fields and along their borders. May-June. Nut 

 small, kernel sweet. 



Hicoria glabra (Nutt.) Britton 



Gary a porcina Nutt. 



Pignut 



Infrequent. May-June. Nut pointed, thick shelled, kernel 



somewhat astringent. 



MYRICACEAE 



Comptonia peregrina (L.) Goulter 

 MyricaasplenifoliaL. 

 Sweet fern 

 Thin sterile soil. Common. April-May. 



SALICACEAE 



Populus alba L. 



White poplar 



An introduced shade tree, which spreads freely by means of 



suckers. 



Populus balsamifera candicans (Ait.) Gray 



Balm of Qilead 



River banks. Abundant in some places. April. 



Populus grandidentata Michx. 

 Large-toothed aspen 

 Hillsides. Common. April. 



Populus tremuloides Michx. 

 American aspen 

 Woods and thickets. Common. April. 



Populus dilatata L. 

 Loral) ardy poplar 

 An introduced tree, frequent near the sites of deserted 

 dwellings. 



