Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 331 

 404. SOFT AGRIMONY 



AGRIMONIA MOLLIS (T. & G.) Britton 



Common on the dry gravelly flat at the north end of Long Point ; 

 plentiful near shore south of Green's and farther south, beyond 

 Murray's. North of the Outlet and present in small quantities near 

 Winfield's. A nuisance on account of its small burrs. 



405. MANY-FLOWERED AGRIMONY 



AGRIMONIA PARVIFLORA Soland. 



Common in rich ground in somewhat open places. Like the 

 other, its burry seed capsules make it a disagreeable weed. Fortu- 

 nately, however, it never grows in cultivated ground. 



406. WHITE AVENS 



GEUM CANADENSE Jacq. 



Scattered in shaded woodlands. Found in Farrar's woods, also 

 in Culver's woods northeast of the lake some distance back. 



407. WILD RED RASPBERRY 



RUBUS STRIGOSUS Michx. 



Not common; although the books give its habitat as "dry 

 rocky situations", the most common situation in which we have 

 found it is in old drained tamaracks and mucky or peaty soils. As 

 it is never found in wet or living sphagnum swamps it is probable 

 that the plants found in the dried up marshes have arisen from 

 seeds dropped by birds, and having found congenial soil have multi- 

 plied. In such situations the plants bear fruit rather sparingly. 

 A few plants were found in the drained tamarack northeast of the 

 lake January 3, 1905. 



408. BLACK RASPBERRY 



RUBUS OCCIDENTALIS L. 



Once common throughout the state in open woods, about stumps 

 at the edges of copses and about fields. Not found in deep 

 woodlands but appearing quickly where lands have been partly 

 cleared so as to make the forests more open. Its rapid and extens- 

 ive dissemination in such places is due to birds. It soon disap- 

 pears from woodlands that have been heavily pastured. In many 

 parts of the state where it was originally common it has become 

 rare, due to pasturing. 



Not especially common about Lake Maxinkuckee; there was a 



