PLANT INDICATORS. 



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Name of Plant 



Pteris aqtiilina, 

 Linn. 



Fi-agariavesca, Linn. 

 Primula vulgaris, 



Huds. 

 Coryliis avellana, 



Linn., and other 



lime plants. 

 Myrica Gale, Linn. 



Ule.x europaeus, 



Linn. 

 Cytisiis scoparius, 



Link. 

 Aspidium Filix-mas, 



Sw. 

 Aspknium Filix- 



foemina, Bernh. 

 Rubiis fruticosus, 



Linn. 

 Rubus Idaeus, Linn. 

 /uncus communis, 



Mey. 

 J. glaucus, Ehrh. 

 /. aritculatus, Linn. 



Common Name 

 of Plant 



Bracken. 



Strawberry. 

 Primrose. 



Hazel. 



Sweet gale or 



bog myrtle. 



Furze, gorse, or 



whin. 



Broom. 



Male fern. \ 



Lady fern. I 



Bramble. ) 



Raspberry. ) 

 Common rush. >, 



Hard rush. \ 

 Jointed rush ; I 

 Sprat rush. j 



Indicates 



Tree 



Various soils, but gener- 

 ally deep. Good forest 

 conditions. 



May point to 

 oak, larch, 

 Douglas fir. 



Calcareous soils. Fresh, j Beech or ash. 



Abundance of moisture, Spruce — Norway 

 not stagnant. ' and Sitka. 



Various. 



Dry stony places. 

 Dry stony places. 



Moist sheltered places. 



Various. 



Ash, oak and 

 beech, elm, 

 lime. 



If abundant, may often 

 indicate much nitrogen | Oak, larch, 

 in soil. ! 



Moist conditions with 

 mineral matter, some- 

 times peaty. 



Spruce, poplars, 

 willows. 



The above table must not be taken as complete. It is given 

 more as a basis for observations and for discussion than as a 

 universal guide. An effort has been made to keep it short, 

 and it suffers, as most generalisations of wide subjects do, 

 when abbreviated. 



