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Chicago area. It 'is, furthermore, a widely distributed associa- 

 tion found at its best in northern North America and Eurasia 

 covering very wide areas. The sphagnum bogs found as far 



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233 



'234 235 236 



FIGS. 231-236: Fig. 231. The sundew, Drosera rotundifolia; Fig. 232. 

 Tickseed, Coreopsis grandiflora; Fig. 233. Cottony grass, Eriophornm gracile; 

 Fig. 234. Swamp horsetail, Equisehim fliimatile, and section of stalk; Fig. 235. 

 Swamp fern, Aspidium Thelyptcris, and under side of one pinnule; Fig. 236. 

 Sphagnum moss. 



south as the Chicago area are isolated areas islands in the midst 

 of the more typical associations. As will be seen in a later chapter 

 they are probably remnants of the vegetation that was quite wide- 

 spread in this region immediately following the glacial period. 



