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line (Iron Ore Ridge) and upon the sandstone soil of this higher 

 ground the more hardy plants were in predominance, such as are 

 listed here: 



Pinus virginiana 

 Pinus strohus 

 Quercus alba 

 Quercus prinus 

 Quercus coccinea 

 Rhododendron maximum 

 Cunila origanoides 

 Thaspium trifoliatum 

 Trifolium arvense 

 Pinus pungens 

 Quercus nana 

 Quercus marylandica 

 Quercus relutina 

 Hicoria alba 

 Acer nigrum 

 Lacinaria squarrosa 

 Phlox subulata 

 Housiouia purpurea. 



Just to the west of the village of Flintstone, a creek of the same 

 name occupies the bottom of an irregular valley extending northwest- 

 erly into the region of Bedford County, Pennsylvania. On the shale 

 cliffs, along the lower half mile of this creek, there is a considerable 

 .■scattering of Red Cedar, and in the flood-plain nearby, there is a 

 colony of half a dozen Willow Oaks. Both of these trees appear to 

 be out of their natural habitat, the last particularly ; but a little 

 investigation indicates that the Oak at least, has probably been seeded 

 by the overflow waters of the creek, depositing acorns picked up 

 in some of the upper portions of its drainage basin, because the 

 tree is recorded as rather common over the Pennsylvania line. 

 Platanvs occidenialis is rare, but occurs in the broader valley to the 

 cast. 



