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**Cornus alternifoUa (alternate-leaved 

 dogwood ) 

 Clcthra alnifoUa (pepperbush) t 

 Clcthra tomentosa (white alder) 

 Rhododendron mawimmn (rhododen- 

 dron)! 



niidiflorum (pink 



Rhododendron 



azalea )t 

 Rhododendron 



lea)t 

 Rhododendron 



roneuni (pink aza- 



viscosum (white 

 swamp azalea)! 

 *Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) t 

 Kalmia angustifolia (sheep laurel)! 

 Lyonia lignstrina (maleberry) 

 ***Gaylussacia baecata (huckleberry) 

 **Oaylussacia frondosa (dangleberry) 

 Vacciniuni stamineum (deerberry) 

 ***Vaccinium vacillans (low blueberry) 

 ***Vaccinium angiistifolium (low blue- 

 berry ) 

 ***Vacciniunt corymhosum (tall blue- 

 berry) 

 Symplocos tinctoria (sweetleaf) 



Gelsemiuni scnipervirens (yellow 



jessamine)! 

 CalUearpa iwiericana (French mul- 

 berry ) 

 Campsis radicans (trumpetcreeper)! 

 Biynonia capreolata (crossvine) 

 Vephal ant Jinn occidentalis (button- 

 bush ) 

 ***S(rni1)iicus canadcn.siii (blackberried 



elder)! 

 **'''S<imhuciis p u b n e n s (redberried 



elder)! 

 **Vibiirniini alnifolmm (hobblebush)! 

 **Vihurmim cassinoides (wild raisin)! 

 **ViburnunL lentago (nannyberry)! 

 * * Vi b urn um raft n esq ii ianuni ( downy 



arrow wood)! 

 **Viburnum nudum (possum haw)! 

 **Viburnum denfatuni (arrowwood)! 

 **Lonicera japonlca (Japanese honey- 

 suckle ) ! 

 **Syniphoricarpos orbieulatus (coral- 

 berry)! 

 Diervilla loniccra (bush honey- 

 suckle) 



FORBS AND FERNS 



There are relatively few species of forbs (herbaceous seed plants 

 other than grasslike plants) and ferns capable of predominating in 

 plant communities, although the number of different species which 

 enter all communities as minor components runs up to several hun- 

 dred. Among the colonial ferns are : 



^Pteridium aquilinum (bracken) 

 Thelypteris novehoracensis. 



Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) 

 Dennstaedtia punctilobula {haj- 

 scented fern) 



These are all resistant to sprays and consequently tend to predomi- 

 nate on blanket-sprayed areas. Yet, except for the occasional use of 

 bracken by deer, these communities are of negligible value for wildlife. 

 They are also resistant to invasion by tree seedlings. 



The only forbs observed to produce dense covers in the East are the 

 golclenrods, and of them only the following as yet can be mentioned : 



Solidago altissima 

 Solidago aspera 

 SoUdago canadensis 



Solidago graminifolia 

 Solidago juncea 

 Solidago rugosa 



Such covers have high value as deterrents to tree-seedling invasion 

 and for their insect populations needed as wildlife food. They are 

 easily destroyed by indiscriminate spraying and have not been seen to 

 return if thus eliminated. 



