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THE PLANT LIFE <)!•' MARYLAND 



Scrub Pine, as may be seen from a consideration of the following 



table: 



TABLE OF COMPARATIVE FREQUENCY OF COMMON TREES. 



Pinus virginiana 



Finns taeda 



Juniperus virginiana. ■ . . 



i Juercus alba 



Quercus prinus 



Quercus minor 



Quercus phellos 



Quercns velutina* 



Quercua palustris 



Quercus marylandica . . . . 



( fcuercus digitata 



( 'astanea dentata. 



Betula nigra 



Fagus americana 



Hicoria spp 



Liquidambar styraciflua. . 

 Liriodendron tulipfera. . . . 



Acer rubruin 



Nyssa sylvatica 



Diospyroa virginiana 



Platanus occidentalis . . . . 



Ilex opaca 



Cornus florida 



Sassafras sassafras 



•Includes Quercus rubra. 



Xerophytic; pioneer. 

 Marginal; southern. 

 Marginal and xerophytic. 

 Ubiquitous. 



Moderately xerophytic. 



Prefers low ground. 



Ubiquitous. 



Hydro-mesophytie. 



Xerophytic. 



Moderately xerophytie. 



On drained soil ; calciphobe. 



In swamps and low ground. 



Mesophytic. 



Prefers moist situations. 

 On mesophytic slopes. 

 Mesophytic; moisture loving 

 Mesophytic; moisture loving 



Mesophytic; river banks. 



