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Hicoria alba (L.) Biitton 

 Gary a tomentosa Nutt. 

 Mockernut. White-heart hickory 

 Fields and woods. Not common. Nut thick shelled, seed 

 sweet. Hicoria microcarpa (Nutt.) Britten 



Carya microcarpa Nutt. 

 Small-fruited hickory 

 Frequent in fields and along their borders. May-June. Nut 

 small, kernel sweet. 



Hicoria glabra (Nutt.) Britton 

 Carya porcina Nutt. 

 Pignut 

 Infrequent. May-June. Nut pointed, thick shelled, kernel 



somewhat astringent. 



MYRICACEAE 



Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter 

 Myrica asplenifolia L. 

 Sweet fern 

 Thin sterile soil. Common. April-May. 



SALICACEAE 



Populus alba L. 



White poplar 



An introduced shade tree, which spreads freely by menna of 



suckers. 



Populus balsamifera candicans (Ait.) Gray 



Balm of Gilead 



River banks. Abundant in some places. April. 



Populus grandidentata Michx. 

 Large-toothed aspen 

 Hillsides. Common. April. 



Populus tremuloides Michx. 

 American aspen 

 Woods and thickets. Common. April. 

 Populus dilatata L. 

 Lomhardy poplar 

 An introduced tree, frequent near the sites of deserted 

 dwellings. 



