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MYRICACEAE. Sweet Gale Family 



Myrica gale L. Sweet gale. Wet places, borders of ponds, and in 

 swamps throughout. Very abundant at Whitefish Point and Vermilion. 



Myrica asplenfolia L. Sweet fern. Open or slightly shaded i Lry san< ly 

 ground throughout. Often abundant. 



BETULACEAE. Birch Family 



Corylus rostrata Ait. Beaked hazelnut. Dry open ground through- 

 out. Frequent and in spots abundant. 



Ostrya Virginian a (Mill) K. Koch. Ironwood. Noticed as frequenl in 

 rich ground with other trees from Pickford to Detour. Reported 

 frequent along the Tahquamenon River back of Emerson, but not seen 

 by the writer. 



Betula lutea Michx.f. Yellow birch. In rich ground with sugar maple 

 and beech forming large forests yet standing. Trees often large. Land 

 cruisers and lumbermen call the small smooth-barked trees 'yellow 

 birch" and the large ones with shaggy bark, "red birch". 



Betula alba papyrifera (Marsh) Spach. White birch. Canoe birch. 

 With other trees throughout. Seldom abundant. 



Betula pumila glandulifera Michx. Glandular low birch. Border- 

 and in open places of tamarack-black spruce swamps throughout. 

 Abundant. 



Alnus incana (L.) Moench. Speckled alder. Swamps and borders of 

 streams throughout. Abundant along Shelldrake River, covering the 

 river bottom forming an excellent day shelter for deer. 



FAGACEAE. Beech Family 



Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. Beech. In rich ground with other tn 

 forming large forests throughout. 



Quercus macrocarpa Michx. Bur oak. Noticed only in rich ground 

 with other trees from Brimley to Detour. Trees often very large and tall. 

 Reported as formerly plentiful in eastern half of Chippewa County. 



Q.bicolor Willd. Swamp white oak. Reported along the Tahquam- 

 enon River above the lower falls, but not seen. Since noticed along 

 the river in Luce County. Known to lumbermen generally as 'blue 

 oak". 



Quercus rubra L. Red oak. More or less throughout. Frequent on 

 sand ridges; plentiful on sand dunes and in sandy ground along hake 

 Superior shore from Shelldrake to Vermilion. Common on sandy gr< mud 

 up the Tahquamenon River back of Emerson. Trees usually small, 

 large ones having been cut. Staminate flowers abundant June 17, L914. 

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