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b. Areas privately owned 



11. Cornwall Pines^ (C3.) 10 acres, 

 magnificent stand of near-virgin white 

 pine, with hemlock and hardwoods. 

 Calhoun estate; likely to be preserved. 



Cornwall (Cornwall Bridget, 4 mi. 

 northeast; N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R.). 

 G. E. N. 



12. Bantam Lake Forest-Complex]. 

 (C4.) Several hundred acres of land, 

 included in much larger holdings of the 

 White Memorial Foundation of Litch- 

 field. A wide range of conditions is 

 represented, including excellent second- 

 growth forest of pine, hemlock, and 

 hardwoods; deciduous swamp forests; 

 and transition from lake to swamp- 

 forest. 900-1100 ft., flat to rolling. 

 Likely to be preserved. 



Litchfieldi, 2-3 mi. south; N. Y. N. H. 

 &. H. R. R. G. E. N. 



13. Simsbury Pines]. (C3.) 25 acres 

 or more, mixed forest of white pine, 

 hardwoods, and hemlock, fine second- 

 growth to near-virgin; sandy upland, 

 with some swamp. 200-300 ft.; rolling. 



Simsbury!; N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. 

 G. E. N. 



14- Uncasville Hardwood Forest]. 

 (C3.) About 10 acres, fine near-virgin 

 forest of hardwood and hemlock, with 

 typical undergrowth. 100-250 ft.; roll- 

 ing to sharp. 



Uncasville; New London!; 7 mi. north; 

 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. and trolley. 

 G. E. N. 



15. Sage's Ravine Forest]. (C4.) 

 Wild mountain ravine, perhaps 100 

 acres, with typical ravine vegetation 

 and essentially virgin forest of hemlock 

 and hardwoods. 800-1200 ft., at stream 

 level, with precipitious slopes. 



Salisbury^; 5 mi. north; Central 

 N. E. R. R. G. E. N. 



16. Hop Brook Ravine Forest. (D4.) 

 25 acres, partly a rocky gorge with near- 

 virgin growth of hemlock. Whittemore 

 estate; likely to be preserved. 500 ft., 

 rugged. 



Naugatuck!, Union City, about one 

 mi. northwest; N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. 

 and trolley. G. E. N. 



17. Windsor Flood Plain Forest]. 

 (B2. ) Island, about 15 acres, situated in 

 Connecticut River at mouth of Farming- 

 ton; of comparatively recent alluvial 

 origin. Fine forest of (mainly) cotton- 

 wood, essentially virgin, together with 

 various stages of succession. 60 ft.; 

 level. 



Windsor!, one mi. southeast; N. Y. 

 N. H. & H. R. R. and trolley. G. E. N. 



18. Middletown Flood Plain Forest. 

 (B2.) Island in Connecticut River, 

 perhaps 10 acres, forested with cotton- 

 wood, silver maple, and willow. 



Middletown!, \ mi. north; N. Y. N. H. 

 & H. R. R G. E. N. 



19. Bingham Pond Bog and Spruce 

 Forest]. (B2.) About 25 acres on Mt. 

 Riga. Shallow pond with fine marginal 

 cassandra-spruce-tamarack bog; adjoin- 

 ing forest of large red spruce contains 

 many boreal plants. 1900 ft. ; level. 



Salisbury!, 5 mi. northwest, or Lake- 

 ville!, 5 mi. north; Central N. E. R. R. 

 G. E. N. 



20. Canaan Mountain Spruce Swamp]. 

 (C3.) About 5 acres mixed swamp 

 forest, predominantly red spruce with 

 mountain ash and other boreal asso- 

 ciates, near-virgin. 1500 ft. 



Norfolk!, 3 mi. east; Central N. E. R. 

 R. G. E. N. 



21. Ayer Hill Cedar Swamp. (O3.) 

 400 acres flat swampy land, mainly 

 Chamaecyparis thyoides, some apparently 

 primeval, with undergrowth of Rhodo- 

 dendron maximum. Partly private; 

 partly Indian reservation. 120 ft. 



Norwich!, 7 mi. southeast; N. Y. N. H. 

 & H. R. R. and trolley G. E. N. 



22. Mansfield Cedar Swamp]. (C3.) 

 20 acres of near-virgin Chamaecyparis, 

 Tsuga, and Nyssa sylvatica; swamp 

 surrounded by sandy second-growth 

 pine land. 500 ft.; fairly level. 



South Willington, 3 mi. southeast; 

 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. G. E. N. 



23. Darien Sweet Gum Swamp]. (C3.) 

 5 acres, sandy swamp, well-wooded with 

 large gum (Liquidambar styraciflua), 

 practically northern limit, swamp oaks 

 (Quercus bicolor, Q. palustris} and red 

 maple. 25 ft.; flat. 



