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borealis Michx.f., northern red oak. Black ash is common along si reams 

 and in swampy places. Many small trees of green ash were noticed 

 on borders of hardwoods; and red ash occurred along streams, being 

 very abundant on the low banks of the Tahquamenon River in Lure 

 County. The red maple is frequent in damp rich ground with other 

 trees, where it is of fair size, but it is also as a shrub or small scraggy 

 tree common on dry sandy ground and on sand dunes. The wild black 

 cherry was observed throughout, but it is not plentiful. Various specif \s 

 of willows are abundant, but poplars are seldom plentiful. Salix pellitto 

 along the low banks of the Tahquamenon River in Luce Count}' was of 

 special interest. The balsam poplar is often large but seldom abundant. 

 Very large juneberries were found, in rich ground with other trees not 

 far from the Lake Michigan shore in the western part of Mackinac 

 Coun ty . 



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About 35 days were spent in the field, from June 24 to July 9 and 

 from September 4 to 25, 1915. From St. Ignace in Mackinac County, 

 the shore of Lake Michigan was followed westerly as near as was possible 

 with horse and rig to Naubinway within about 20 miles of the western 

 line of Schoolcraft County, the rest of the way by rail to the city of 

 Manistique. Most of the time of the June trip was spent in the vicinity 

 of the city of Manistique and at the camp near Floodwood. The vi- 

 cinity of Floodwood was very wild and there was little to indicate near 

 or even remote civilization except forest devastation. A large black 

 bear was killed by Joseph Richej^ not far from the camp; porcupines 

 appeared to be plentiful and deer abundant. In September a trip was 

 made with a liverj^ rig from Newberry in Luce County to Deer Park on 

 the south shore of Lake Superior, down the Tahquamenon River by 

 launch to the upper falls, from Seney in Schoolcraft Count}' north to 

 Grand Marais on the south shore of Lake Superior in Alger County and 

 then to Munising and Grand Island in the same county where some 

 investigation was also made. By far the most beautiful place the writer 

 has yet seen on the Great Lakes is Grand Island and vicinity. 



Wide Range of Some of the Shrubs and Trek 



The following appear to be common, or at least occasional, from the 

 south line of the State to the south shore of Lake Superior: Lam laricina, 

 Salix lucida, Salix longifolia, Salix pedicellaris, Salix petiolaris, Salix 

 humilis, Salix Candida, Populus iremuloides, Populus grandidentata, 

 Populus balsamifera, Ostrya virginiana, Bettda lutea, Alnus incana, Fagus 

 grandifolia, Quercus macrocarpa, Querents rubra, Ulraus americana, Amel- 

 anchier laevis Wiegand, Crataegus punctata, Primus serotina, Prunus 

 pennsylvanica, Prunus virginiana, Rubus idaeus aculeatissimus, Pyrus 



