Ecological Study of Hemiptera of Cranberry Lake Region 9 



Michx. and Populus grandidentata Michx.), The temporary char- 

 acter* of the cherry-aspen type is indicated by the presence of 

 yellow birqh, beech {Fagus grandifolia Ehrh,), hard and soft 

 maple (Acer saccharinum L. and A. saccliarum Marsh), and a 

 small percentage of conifers (spruce, white pine (Pinus Strohus 

 L), hemlock, and balsam) in the understory. The ground cover 

 of seedlings, grasses and other herbaceous plants form a much 

 greater variety than that of the logged, but unburned areas, and 



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Fig. 5. — 'Tote road near Sucker Brook leading through a 

 large "burn" (Barber Tract) in cut-over areas and to lum- 

 ber camp. See description of Station Number 5. Photo by 

 Fivaz. 



* The cHmax Adirondack forest consists of yellow birch, sugar maple and beech in 

 mixture with red spruce, white pine, balsam and hemlock. 



