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virgin forest. There is also a much greater number of the indi- 

 vidual plants of the various species. 



6. Crataegus Hill: This is a small hill-top on the Barber tract 

 about three-fourths of a mile from camp. Crataegus sp., iron- 

 wood (Ostrya virginiana (Mill) K. Koch), white ash (Fraxinus 

 americana L.), red raspberry (Rudus idaeus, L. var., aculeatis- 

 simus (C. A. Mey.) Kegel. & Tiling.), aster (Aster macropkyUus 

 L.), boneset (Eupatorium sp.) and sedges and grasses are the 

 principal plants. 



7. Big Floating Island (Figs, 6 and 7) : This station lies on 

 the west side of Cranberry Lake near Joe Indian Island. Although 

 stationary it is a typical floating island which has arisen through 

 the massing of drift logs and other plant detritus resulting in a 

 substratum which has enabled certain hardy plants to obtain a 

 foot-hold. The vegetation represents a typical floating bog and 

 consists of a heavy sphagnum matrix (8 to 10 inches deep of living 

 sphagnum) surmounted by a dense thicket-like growth of Cas- 

 sandra or leather leaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata (L). Moench) 

 and sweet gale {Myrica Gale L.) and a few clusters of speckled 

 alder and an occasional larch. 



8. Grasse River Bog (Fig. 8) : This is a large bog located 

 near Silver Lake and traversed by the Grasse River Railroad con- 

 necting Cranberry Village and Conifer. This region is intercepted 

 by several brooks and is covered by a dense vegetation which, how- 

 ever, is restricted to relatively few plants. Here and there one 

 finds almost a pure association of Carex oligosperma Michx. while 

 clumps of Cassandra, speckled alder, labrador tea (Ledum groen- 

 tandicum Oeder), pale laurel (Kalmia polifoUa Wang.), Andro- 

 meda poll folia L., low sweet blueberry (Vaccinium pennsylvanicuni 

 Lam,, var. angusti folium (Ait.) Gray, with some withe-rod (Vibur- 

 num cassinoides Jj.) and chokeberry (Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx,), 

 Willd,, dot the surface, 



9. New York State Ranger School Tract: This tract, located 

 near "Wanakena, N. Y., is controlled by the New York State College 

 of Forestry. It includes an extensive burn, tote-roads, forests, 

 bogs, swamps, and streams. Owing to the type of topography, 

 over-run by high hills and depressions, it offers a wide range of 

 habitats, plant associations and most excellent collecting. Con- 

 ditions on this tract and other favorable areas in the vicinity of 

 Wanakena are somewhat comparable to Barber tract on Cran- 

 berry Lake, 



10. Bean Pond (Fig. 9) : This is a small, open-water pond 

 near the middle of an extreme type of Adirondack bog (Bray, 

 1, c. pp. 125-128) with many of the bog-plants wholl.y removed 

 and the more bog-tolerant species, chiefly dwarf black spruce, 

 tamarack and leather leaf, growing in a deep and compact matrix 

 of sphagnum. Small black spruce shrubs or apparent seedlings 

 growing near the pond are practically as old as the larger ones 

 or fairly large trees near the outer margins of the bog. 



