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 BETULACEAE (Birch Family) 

 ALNUS B. Ehrh. 

 A. rugosa (Du Roi) Spreng. Alder 



Common; forming dense thickets in wet areas, locally 

 abundant at southeast corner of Stage Island Pool. MJM 

 985. 



A. serrulata (Ait.) Willd. Common Alder 



Common; forming thickets in moist areas throughout 

 island. MJM 444, 538. 



BETULA L, 



B. nigra L. River Birch 



Rare; swale in dunes at northern boundary of the Dune 

 Natural Area. MJM 1383. 



B. papyrifera Marsh. Paper Birch 



Occasional; Hellcat Swamp. MJM 551 , 1016 . 



B. populifolia Marsh. Gray Birch 



Occasional; wet depressions throughout backdune. MJM 

 418 , 552, 1056 . 



FAGACEAE (Beech Family) 



QUERCUS L. 



Q. rubra L. Red Oak 



Occasional; in back dune. Harris 12740 [NEBC] . 



Q. velutina Lam. Black Oak 



Common; throughout backdune. Many aberrant leaf forms 



