n 



Lombardy 

 Poplar. 



MICHIGAN FLOEA. 

 1050. dilatata, Ait. 



Common in cultivation. 



L. P. 



TAXACE^S. 



{Yew Family.) 



TAXUS 



American 

 Yew. 



Ground Hem- 

 lock. 



1051. baccata, L., var. Canadensis, Gray. (***) 



Moist woods in the shade of evergreens. Along the east shore of Lake 

 Michigan as far south as S. Haven.— Bailey; Grand Ledge.— Beal; Ma- 

 comb Co., where it is rarely found. Common north of the center of the 

 State(!). 



Red Cedar. 

 Savin. 



Juniper. 

 Savin. 



Arbor-vitae. 

 White Cedar. 



Balsam Fir. 



Hemlock. 



CONIFERiE. 

 (Pi)ie Fa mill/.) 



JUNIPERUS 



1052. Virginiana, L. (**) 



• Th. 



Throughout, but scarce. 



Bluffs and sterile soil. 



1053. communis, L. (*) 



Frequent throughout, along the highest grounds. 



1054. Sabina, L., var. procumbens, Ph. (*) X. & TJ. P. 



Abundant, trailing over low sand dunes at the head of Little Traverse 

 Bay (!); Old Mission,— Prof. W. J. Beal, etc. 



THUJA 



1055. occidentalism L. (***) 



Th, 



Very common northward. Timber very durable, much used for fence 

 posts, etc. 



ABIES 



1056. balsainea, Marshall. (*) 



C. N. & IT. P. 



Frequent in the northern part of Clare Co. ('•); abundant at Petoskey (!); 

 and northward. 



TSUGA 



1057. Canadensis, Carriere. 



(*' 



Th. exceDt S. E. 



Rarely seen south of latitude 43° except west, and scarce on the Huron 

 shore, but common on the east shore of L. Michigan, and from the cen- 

 tal part of the State northward. Very abundant and of great size in Em- 

 met Co.(!). Bark an article of commerce, used for tanning. 



PICEA 



White spruce. 1058. alba,. Link. Is. & U. P. 



From Ludington,— Prof. Beal; to Petoskey (!); and northward. Common. 



Black spruce. 1959. nigra, Link. (***) Th. 



Frequent northward, and occasional south of lat. 43°,— a small tree in 

 sphagnous swamps. The preceding species is more common northward. 



American 



Larch. 



Tamarack. 



LAPvIX 



1060. Americana. 



Michx. (***) 



Th. 



Swamps. A slender tree southward, but sometimes reaching 100 feet in 

 height northward, where it is abundant. 



