PivANTs OF Marquette County 31 



GERANIACEAE 



Gcranhim BichiclUi Britten. Bicknell's Cranesbill. — Open rocky ground 

 in and about Marquette. Probably frequent throughout. 



POLYGALACEAE 



Polygala pancifolia Willd. Fringed Milkwort. — Dry or rocky ground 

 near Marquette. Specimen in herbarium of .Miss Nellie M. Fairbanks, 

 Marquette. Probably frequent throughout. 



EUPHORBIACEAE 



Euphorbia maculata L. {Chamaesyce maciilafa L., Small). Milk Purs- 

 lane. — Waste places in Marquette. Probably frequent throughout. 



Buphorbia Cyparissias L. (Tithymalus cyparissias L., Hill). Cypress 

 Spurge. — More or less in and about cities and villages throughout. Usually 

 abundant in cemeteries. 



CALLITRICHACEAE 



CallitricJie palustris L. Vernal Water Starwort. — In shallow still water 

 on margin of Independence Lake at Big Bay. Probably frequent through- 

 out. 



ANACARDIACEAE 



Rhus glabra L. Smooth Sumach. — Rocky hills near Huron Mountain 

 Club. Plentiful throughout. 



Rhus Toxicodendron L. (Toxicodendron radicans L., Kuntze). Poison 

 Ivy. — Noted more or less throughout in sandy open ground, on or near lake 

 shores, and rocky hills. 



AOUIEOEIACEAE 



Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray. Winterberry, Black Alder. — In low ground 

 throughout. Frequent. 



Ilex verticillata tcnuifolia (Torr.) Wats. (/. bronxensis Britton). 

 Northern Winterberry. — On border of Rush Lake and rocky sides of Can- 

 yon Lake near Huron Mountain Club. Probably frequent throughout. 

 Similar to the preceding but usually the berries are larger, not so numerous 

 and an orange red. 



Nemopanthus riiucronata (L.) Trel. Mountain Plolly. — Damp open or 

 partially shaded ground near Huron Mountain Club. Probably frequent 

 throughout. 



ACERACEAE 



Acer pennsylvanicum L. Striped Maple. — In hardwoods near Huron 

 Mountain Club. Probably frequent throughovit. Often called snakewood. 



Acer spicatiim I^am. Mountain Maple. — Moist woods and places near 

 Huron Mountain Club. Common throughout. 



Acer saccharum Marsh. Sugar Maple. — One of the important trees 

 making up the hardwood forests in Marquette County. Often the dominant 

 tree and usually mixed with yellow birch and others. 



