314 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1953 



Vermont. — Vershire Area, Orange County, in spruce-fir northern hardwoods. 

 Middlesex Area, southern part of the town, "Washington County, in white-pine 

 northern hardwoods. Both are roadside areas, on lands of the Washington 

 Electric Cooperative, Inc., East Montpelier. 



Massachusetts. — Shirley-Ayer Area, northwestern Middlesex County, in white- 

 pine transition hardwoods, on lands of the New England Power Co. Lexington 

 Area, southeastern Middlesex County, in central hardwoods, on lands of the 

 Boston Edison Company. WHDH, Needham, Norfolk County, a red-maple 

 swamp in central hardwoods, in cooperation with WHDH Radio Station and 

 the Boston Herald Traveler Corp. 



Connecticut.— A^o«. Forest Area, Norfolk, Litchfield County, roadsides and old 

 fields in white-pine northern hardwoods. Farmington Ai-ea, Hartford County, 

 on future gravel pits, in pitch-pine central hardwoods, in cooperation with the 

 Dunning Sand and Gravel Company. Greenwich Area, Fairfield County, a 

 community of Vihnrnum lentago over 25 years old, in central hardwoods, in 

 cooperation with the Audubon Nature Center. Old ^aghrook Area, Middlesex 

 County, in central hardwoods, on lands of the southern New England Telephone 

 Co. Preston Area, New London County, in centrnl hardwoods, on lands of the 

 Connecticut Light & Power Co. 



New York. — Allegany Area, Cattaraugus County, in beech-maple, on lands of the 

 Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Waicarsing Area, Ulster County, in pitch-pine 

 central hardwoods of the Shawangunk iSIountains, on lands of the Central 

 Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. Ten, ]\lile Rirer Area, Bethel, Sullivan County, 

 in central hardwoods, of the southern Catskills, on a line uninvaded by trees 

 since 1936, in cooperation with the Boy Scouts of America. 



Pennsylvania. — Bald Eagle Area on the Bald Eagle State Forest, Lewis and 

 Hartley, Union County, and Miles, Centre County, in central hardwoods of 

 the folded Appalachians, in cooperation with the State Department of Forests 

 and Waters, on lands of the Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. 



West Virginia. — Clinton-Morgan Area, Monongalia County, on abandoned agri- 

 cultural sites in central hardwoods, on lands of the American Telephone & 

 Telegraph Co., Long Lines Department, Washington Division. Scott Area, 

 Boone County, in humid central hardwoods, on lands of Appalachian Electric 

 Power Co. Logan Area, Logan Comity, in humid central hardwoods, on lands 

 of Island Creek Coal Co. 



Virginia. — Lee Area, Lee Experimental Forest, Buckingham, Buckingham 

 County, in central hardwoods of the upiier Piedmont, on rights-of-way, in 

 cooperation with the U. S. Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 



North Carolina. — Bent Creek Area, Bent Creek Experimental Forest, Avery 

 Creek, Buncombe County, in central hardwoods of the southern Appalachians, 

 on rights-of-way, in cooperation with the U. S. Sor.theastern Forest Experiment 

 Station. Coiveeta Area, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Macon County, in 

 humid transition hardwoods of the southern Appalachians, on a rain-gage 

 site, in cooperation with the V. S. Soutlieastern Forest Experiment Station. 



South Carolina. — Santee Area, Santee Experimental Forest, Berkeley County, in 

 loblolly-longleaf hardwoods of the coastal plain, on rights-of-way, in coopera- 

 tion with the U. S. Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 



Georgia. — lUtchitl Area, Hitchiti Experimental Forest, Jones County, in loblolly 

 hardwoods of the lower Piedmont, on rights-of-way, in cooperation with the 

 U. S. Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 



Florida. — Olnstee Ai-ea, Olustee Experimental Forest, Baker County, in slash- 

 pine flatwoods of the Coastal Plain, on rights-of-way, in cooperation with the 

 U. S. Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 



