NewYork State Museum Bulletin 



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Published monthly by The University of the State of New York 

 Nos. 243-244 ALBANY, N. Y. March-April 1921 



The University of the State of New York 

 New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke^ Director 

 Homer D. House, State Botanist 



REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST FOR 1921 



Scientific investigations. The investigative work of the State 

 Botanist has been largely devoted to a study of the native vegetation, 

 and its ecological relations, in several localities. The three principal 

 localities selected for these studies are the eastern end of Lake 

 Ontario, the region around Oneida lake in central New York, and 

 the township of Newcomb in the Adirondack mountains. At the 

 latter locality it is proposed to continue the study of the vegetation 

 of this area as a supplement to the " Plants of North Elba," by 

 the late Doctor Peck, published as Bulletin 28. North Elba is 

 located northeast of Newcomb and separated from it by Mount 

 Marcy, Mount Mclntyre and other high mountains. The distance 

 between the two sections is not great, but Newcomb is drained 

 largely by the Hudson river, while North Elba is drained by the 

 Ausable and Saranac rivers, and hence lies north of the divide between 

 the Atlantic (Hudson) and St Lawrence basins. While both sec- 

 tions possess in general the typical Adirondack vegetation there are 

 many minor differences in the character of plant life which will 

 be more fully elaborated through future investigations. 



The eastern shore of Lake Ontario is characterized chiefly by the 



numerous sand bars and sand dunes which separate the lake proper 



from many partially inclosed shallow bays. These bays are largely 



bordered by extensive marshes which with the bays afford an 



.-.unusually rich flora of marsh and water-loving plants. 



A report has already been made upon the vegetation of the eastern 

 end of Oneida lake. Investigations there are directed mainly toward 

 the working out of a more exact knowledge of the ecological 

 relations of the plant life of that region. 



