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Andromeda glaucophylla Link. Bog rosemary. Open or shaded I oggy 

 ground throughout. Common. 



Chamaedaphne calyculala (L.) Moench. Leather leaf. Open or 

 slightly shaded boggy ground throughout. Abundant. This and the 

 three preceding are the prominent and dominant bog shrubs of the 

 county. 



Epigaea repens L. Trailing arbutus. Sandy open or slightly shaded 

 ground throughout. Common and in spots abundant. 



Gaultheria procumbent L. Wintergreen. Usually in open or slightly 

 shaded ground, sometimes in tamarack-black spruce swamps in sphag- 

 num. Abundant throughout. Fruit abundant and delicious June 

 1914. 



Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. Bearberry. Sandy beach oi 

 Lake Superior, and on sand dunes throughout. Plentiful near Whitefish 

 Point and Vermilion. 



Chiogenes hispidula (L.) T. & G. Creeping snowberry. Open or 

 slightly shaded boggy ground throughout . Often abundant in tamarack- 

 black spruce swamps. 



Gaylussacia baccata (Wang.) C. Koch. Black huckleberry. Open or 

 slightly shaded sandy ground sometimes in swamps, throughout. Fre- 

 quent. Fruit black and collected for domestic use and occasionally for 

 market. 



Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Lam. Low sweet blueberry, (.'pen or 

 slightly shaded sandy ground, sometimes in swamps, throughout. Very 

 abundant. Berries delicious, gathered for market and domestic us . 



Vaccinium pennsylvanicum nigrum Wood. Low black blueberry. 

 Occasional throughout in same habitat as preceding. Fruit black, ripe 

 at the same time as the preceding, and collected with it for market and 

 domestic use. 



Vaccinium canadense Kalm. Sour top. Dry sand}- open ground or in 

 swamps throughout. Abundant. Berries blue and gathered for market 

 and sold as "blueberries", with the preceding species and variety. Fruit 

 slightly tart, abundant and delicious September 3, 1914. bui qoI con- 

 sidered quite so choice as the low sweet blueberry. 



Vaccinium membranaceum Dougl . Thin-leaved bilberry. I sually 

 in rich shaded ground, sometimes in damp sand. Common throughout , 

 Called "rabbit berry" in Chippewa County. Fruit large, usually black, 

 rather tart, but delicious and gathered for domestic use, ripe September 

 3, 1914. Berries too tender and delicate for market purposes. Perha 

 a shrub worth trial and experiment in cultivation. 



Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm. Oval-leaved bilberry. Usually in rich 

 shaded ground throughout often growing with the preceding. Abun- 

 dant. Berry blue, large, but smaller than thai of the preceding, slightly 

 tart, but delicious and much sought after tor domestic use, although too 



