All Ecological Study of Buckeye Lake. 



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Secondary species occurring in 

 "bog-meadow are: 



Aster paniculatus 

 Dryopteris thelypteris 



cristata 

 Osmunda cinnamomea 



regalis 

 Sagittaria lalifolia 

 Eleocharis obtusa 

 Scirpus cyperinus 

 Peltandra virginica 

 Juncus brachycephalus ; 



effusus 



canadensis 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis 

 A'iola blanda 

 Habenaria leucophaea 

 Seedling Rhus vernix 

 Seedling Acer rubrum 

 Seedling Alnus rugosa 



the above six societies of the 



Triadenmn virginicum 

 Dulichiuni arundinaceuni 

 Rynchospora alba 

 Eryophorum virginicum 

 Drosera rotundi folia 

 ]\Ienyanthes trifoliata 

 Scheuchzeria palustris 

 Carex interior 



filiformis 



limosa 



leptalea ' 



stricta 

 Pogonia ophioglossoides 

 Calopogon pulchellus 

 Arethusa bulbosa 

 Decodon verticillatus 

 Scutellaria lateriflora 

 Solidago uliginosa 



Alany of these are of general distribution, others are more 

 local, some are more characteristic of the thicket border and have 

 strayed out into the meadow ; they are found, therefore, near the 

 edge of the thicket. Drosera rotundi folia is a typical bog plant 

 and is quite generally distributed but it is most abundant towards 

 the southern end of the meadow. Menyanthes trifoliata and 

 Scheuchzeria palustris also are of general distribution and grow 

 best where water covers the surface. They are most often found, 

 therefore, in shallow depressions, in pools and where the trampled 

 paths are under water. The three orchids, Pogonia ophioglos- 

 soides, Limodorum pulchellus and Arethusa bulbosa wdien in 

 blossom, are the most attractive plants in the meadow. All three 

 are more common near the shrubs in the margin of tlie meadow 

 close to the thicket border. One specimen of liabenaria leuco- 



