﻿188 Nichols: The vegetation of Connecticut 



Swamp Forest, in which red maple (Acer ruhrum) is invariably 

 present and more often than not predominates. Commonly 

 growing with it are Ulmus americana, Betula lutea, and Fraxinus 

 nigra. In northern Connecticut the tamarack (Larix laricina) is 

 an important swamp tree,* while the coast white cedar (Chamae- 

 cyparis thyoides) is similarly common in the eastern part of the 

 state. Sometimes other trees, to be mentioned elsewhere (p. 193), 

 occur in lake swamps. Several of the shrubs of open swamps are 

 equally characteristic of wooded swamps, but the herbaceous 

 vegetation is composed very largely of forms not heretofore noted. 

 The following lists of species commonly represented in the under- 

 growth of swamp forests have been compiled from observations 

 made in more than twenty swamps — exclusive of bogs — in various 

 sections of the state. 



Woody plants 

 Alnus incana Psedera quinquefolia 



Alnus rugosa 

 Amelanchier ohlongifolia 

 Benzoin aestivale 

 Clethra alnifolia 

 Cornus Amomum 

 Ilex verticillata 

 Lyonia lignstrina 



Rhododendr 

 Rhus Toxicodendron 

 Riibus hispidus 

 Rubus triflorus 

 Samhucus canadensis 

 Vaccinium corymbosum 

 Viburnum dentatum 



Viburnum Lentago 

 Herbaceous plants 



Arisaema triphyllum 

 Aspidiurn cristatum 

 Aspidium Thelypteris 

 Aster puniceus 

 Boehmeria cylindrica 

 Caltha palustris 

 Carex crinita 

 Carex stricta 

 Chrysosplen 



Impatiens bifiora 

 Lobelia cardinalis 

 Lycopodium lucidulum 

 Maianthemum canadense 

 Onoclea sensibilis 

 Osmunda c 

 Osmunda regalis 

 Polygonum arifoli 

 Solidago patula 



Connecticut; found also i) 



