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Ambrosia artemisiaefolia L. 

 Ragweed. Hogweed 

 Cultivated soil and waste places. A very common weed. 

 August-September. 



Xanthium canadense Mill. 



American cocklehur 

 River banks, along streams and in waste places. Common. 

 August-September. 



Xanthium strumarium L. 



Bur weed 

 \\'ast(' places. Occasional. August-September. 



COMPOSITAE 

 Eupatorium purpureum L. 

 Truui pet weed. Gravelroot 

 .Moist soil. Common. August-September. 



Eupatorium purpureum falcatum (Michx.) Britton 

 \\ itii the type, specially along the river. 



Eupatorium perfoliatum L. 



Bone set. lliorongliicort 

 Wet places. Common. August-September. 



Eupatorium perfoliatum truncatum (Muhl.) Gray 

 Vicinity of Apalachin. Infrequent. 



Eupatorium ageratoides L.f. 



White snakeroot 

 Woods and thickets. Common. Occasional in shaded places 

 near dwellings. August-September. 



Solidago squarrosa ^luhl. 

 Stout ragged goldenrod 

 Dry. rocky soil on hill I ops and along roadsides. Common. 

 Se])tend)er. 



Solidago caesia L. 



B lue-stem ined go Idenrod 

 ^^'oods and thickets. Common. August-September. 



Solidago caesia axillaris (Tursh) Gray 

 Woods and thickets. Common. 



