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in the opinion of the writer ought to he forested. Xum- 

 bers in parentheses, as (35), show the tvpe of forest which 

 formerly occupied areas that have been cleared and a letter 

 S indicates "stripland" which will be spoken of again later. 



Forests. 



Xerophytic Forest Associations. 



The Sassafras and Sassafras-hickoru associations i 22. 

 22.1 and 22.3 1. The only parts of the region studied 

 which bear xerophytic forest associations are two areas 

 occupying portions of the southern part of section eight 

 and the northern part of section seventeen and a small 

 area in section nine. The two areas first mentioned which 

 were formerly covered by more mesophytic forests are 

 owned by the Missionfield Coal Company. They have 

 been entirely cleared at some time in the past and culti- 

 vated to a certain extent and then left as waste land. The 

 area numbered 22.1 is entirely covered by a young sassa- 

 fras association in which Sassafras vari folium'- which is 

 the dominant species is accompanied by patches of black- 

 berries. Xew Jersey tea (Ceanothiis amcricanus), hazel- 

 nut (Cori/Jus americana) and a few young white oaks 

 (Querciis alhaj. The other area, numbered 22.3. is the 

 same except that there are several irregular patches that 

 are still under cultivation. 



The area in section nine numbered 22 is not owned by 

 a coal company and has never been cultivated, btit it has 

 not been persistently pastured since being cleared and is 

 now occupied by a sassafras-hickory association, the hick- 

 ories all small (Carya ovata and occasionally C. cordi- 

 form is J. 



Mesophytic Forest Associations. 



The oak-hickory mesorerophyfic association (31. 31.1. 

 and 31.2). This forest association is spoken of as meso- 

 xerophytic because it is in a sense intermediate between 

 the xerophytic and mesophytic types. It occurs on yellow 

 sUt loam, where this soil extends back from slopes on to 

 ujdands. The dominant trees are white oak (Qucrcus aJha) 

 and hickories (Carya ovata and C. cordiformis). These 

 are accompanied by black oak (Qiiercits vehitina), white 



' The nomenclattire tbroaghoat this paper is that of Grav's Manual, Tth 

 edition. 



