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FAGUS. Beech 

 F. graiidifolia Ehrh. (F. femiginea Ait.). Rich uplands: common. 



QUERCUS. Oak 



Q. alba L. White Oak. Common west of the Green Mountains. In the 



Connecticut Valley north to Wells River. 

 Q. bicolor Willd. (Q. platanoides Sudw.). Swamp White Oak. Low 



moist soil; frequent in the Champlain Valley, especially near the 



Lake. 

 Q. ilicifolia Wang. (Q. nana Sargent). Bear or Black Scrub Oak. 



Dry sandy soil; Rutland, (Pursh. in 1806); "Bellows Falls," 



(Carey) ; Brattleboro, (Grout) ; Westminster and West Dummers- 



ton, (W. H. Blanchard). 

 Q. macrocarpa Michx. Bur Oak, Over-cup or Mossy-cup Oak. Rich 



soil; occasional in the Champlain Valley, more common in Addison 



County. 

 Q. Mulilenbergii Engelm. Yellow Oak, Chestnut Oak. Gardiner's 



Island, Ferrisburg, (Pringle) ; Mallets Head, Colchester, (Griffin). 

 Q. prinoides Willd. Scrub Chestnut Oak. Dry hillsides; "Pownal," 



(Robbins) ; North Pownal, (Eggleston) ; Snake Mountain, (Brain- 



erd). 

 Q. Prinus L. Chestnut Oak. Dry rocky hillsides in western Vermont; 



frequent from Charlotte to Pownal. 

 Q. rubra L. Red Oak. Common below 1,000 feet altitude. Var. aiu- 



big-ua (Michx. f.) Fernald. (Q. borealis Michx. f.). Gray Oak. 



Rocky woods, Burlington, (Burns). 

 Q. veliitiim Lam. Quercitron, Yellow-barked or Black Oak. Dry light 



soil; frequent in western Vermont and in the Connecticut Valley 



north to Bellows Falls. 

 Q. macrocarpa x alba. Charlotte, (Pringle). 

 Q. I'riiius X alba. Monkton, (Pringle). 



URTICACEAE. NETTLE FAMILY 



BOEHMERIA. False Nettle 



B. cjiindrica (L.) Sw. Moist shady ground in the lower altitudes; 



common. 



CANNABIS. Hemp 



C. satlva* L. Waste places; occasional. 



CELTIS. Nettle Tree, Hackberry 

 C. occideiitalis L. Sugarberry. River banks and intervals; rare. 



HUMULUS. Hop 

 H. japoiiicus''' Sieb. & Zucc. Japanese Hop. Waste places; Burling- 

 ton, (Jones) ; Brattleboro, (Anne S. Angell) ; Bellows Falls, 

 (W. H. Blanchard). 



