110 THE PLANT LIFE OF MARYLAND 



from the Clay Upland Swamps, together with its abundance on 

 the lighter soils of the Wicomico formation points to the better 

 drainage and aeration of the clay as being mure favorable to its 

 occurrence. The deciduous species which are the most frequent 

 and abundant associates of the Loblolly on the Elkton Clay are 

 the Sweet Gum and the White Oak. Near the shores the Sweet 

 Gum often occurs in small percentages as the only deciduous tree, 

 as at many places in Bay Hundred District in Talbot County. 

 Other common associates are the Willow Oak, the Spanish Oak 

 and the Sour Gum.* 



In the extensive clay areas of Dorchester County the Loblolly 

 is dominant; its most characteristic associates are the White Oak, 

 the Spanish Oak, the Sweet Gum. the Swamp Oak, the Willow 

 Oak and the Sour Gum; with 10$ to 15$ of the forest made up 

 of Scrub Pine, Black Oak, Persimmon, Dogwood, Holly, Pig-nut 

 Hickory, Sassafras, Red Maple and Beech. In central Worcester 

 County the dominance of the Loblolly yields to a grouping of 

 Loblolly, Scrub Pine, Willow Oak, White Oak and Swamp Oak, 

 with the deciduous species often predominating. On the Meadow 

 soil of Kent County, near Tolchester, there is a purely deciduous 

 stand of Willow Oak. While Oak. Sweet Gum, lied Maple, Spanish 

 Oak, Sweet Gum and Black Haw, the same species that are the 

 associates of the Loblolly in Talbot and Dorchester counties. On 

 one of the northernmost area- of Elkton ('lav, a ravine bottom 

 near Elkton, Cecil County, is a stand of Willow Oak, White Oak, 

 Black Oak, Chestnut, Beech, Red Maple, Pig-nut Hickory and 

 Holly, which agrees in make-up with the deciduous element of the 

 typical areas, with the addition of the Chestnut, which is extremely 

 abundant on neighboring soils in (Ceil County. The Elkton Clay 

 Upland and the Elkton ('lay Swamps are notable throughout for 

 the absence of Scrub Pine, Black .lack Oak, Tulip tree and the 

 Elm, all of which are abundant on other soils of the Talbot forma- 

 tion or on the Wicomico terrace. 



In June 1904 a grove of Loblolly Pine near Claiborne, Talbot 

 County was visited, which has since been cut. The pines -were 



*In all enumerations of species they are named in the order of their 

 abundance. 



