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Convolvulus arveiisi^; (hindweedi, Apdcymiiii aiulrosiicinifoliuru (spread- 

 ing dofi))aupi. Verliena iirtlcaefolia (white verljena). Rudbeekia hirta icone 

 flower), and Lythruni alatuni doosestrifei. together with the following 

 mesophytic lioneers: Eiipatoriuni perfoliatnm (l)oneseti. Pilea puniila 

 (rich weed), and Impatient. 



At places ^vhere the SAvan)p is better drained its lUtimate tendency is 

 indicated, notalily at a point aliout a quarter of a mile south of the south- 

 east corner of tlif lal^e. We see here black oaks (Quercus coecinea tine- 



Fig. 3. View .showing rich mesopbytie meadow reclaimed from the lake Vjottom. Thi.s 

 area is rapidly becoming more mesophytic and the remaining hydrophytic plants are dying 

 out. In the background, on the morainic upland, is seen an oak-hickory forest, with the 

 white oaks at the base and blaek oaks on slope. It is probable that the meadow has never 

 been forested. 



toi'ia), white naks (tjuerciis allia). silver maple (Acer ilnsy( arpnuii. syca- 

 more (I'i'atanus occidentalisi. walnut (Juglans nigra', hickory. i:o!son ivy 

 (Rhus Toxicodendron), richweed (Pilea pumilai. Indian turnip (Arisaema 

 triphylhinii. May-apple d'odophylhini peltatumi. Wnla palmata. Viola 

 pubescens. These patches of mesophytic woods are .sometimes fotmd 

 in the very center of the swamp at places where the land is some- 

 what liigluM-. The soil contains a larger amouiit of moisture than 



