﻿204 Nichols: The vegetation of Connecticut 



tolerant undergrowth. In a bog of this sort the more depressed, 

 wetter spots may be occupied largely by various bryophytes, e. g., 

 Cephalozia fluitans, Mylia anomala, Scapania irrigua, Aulacom- 

 nium palustre, Acrocladium cuspidatum, Drepanodadus fluitans, 

 and certain species of Sphagnum. The following herbaceous seed 



plants also commonly occur i 

 Arethusa bulbosa 

 Calla palustris 

 Drosera longifolia 

 Drosera rotundifolia 

 DulicUum arundinaceum 

 Eleocharis palustris 



I like situations. 



Hypericum virginicum 

 Menyanthes trifoUata 

 Rynchospora alba 

 Scheuchzeria palustris 

 Smilacina trifolia 

 Utricularia cornuta 



Xyris caroliniana 

 The vegetation of these depressions may represent a relict of a 

 primitive stage in the succession, but it seems more likely that it 

 represents a retrogressive phase like the one already described. 

 Characteristic also of open bogs, but mostly growing in less wet 

 places, are the following herbaceous species. 



Asdepias incarnata 

 Aspidium Thelypteris 

 Calamagrostis canadensis 



Carex trisperma 

 var. Billingsii 



Epilobium sp. 

 Eriophorum sp. 

 Habenaria blephariglottis 

 Lysimachia terrestris 

 Pogonia ophioglossoides 

 Woodwardia virginica 



From these lists are omitted purposely a number of species, like 

 Carex pauciflora and Carex paupercula, which are peculiar to bogs 

 but which have been recorded from only one or two localities in 

 the state. 



The shrubs of open bogs may conveniently be divided into two 

 groups, somewhat as follows. 



First Group 



Andromeda glaucophylla 

 Chamaedaphne calyculata 

 Chiogenes hispidula 

 GauUheria procumbens 

 Gaylussacia dumosa 

 var. Bigeloviana* 



Gaylussacia baccata 

 Kalmia angustijolia 

 Kalmia polifolia 

 Ledum groenlandicum 

 Vaccinium macrocarpon 

 I Oxycoccus 



