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CENTRAL AREA. 
Typha latifolia. 
Cattails. 
FIRST ZONE. 
Sparganium eurycarpum. 
Sagittarta latifolia. 
Tris versicolor. 
Dulichium arundinaceum. 
Broad-fruited Bur-Reed. 
Broad-leaved Arrow-head. 
Large Blue Flag. 
Sedge. 
SECOND ZONE. 
This zone is confined to the east, west and north sides. On the 
north side the button-bush has filled the pond to the Typha 
society. 
Populus tremuloides. 
Cephalanthus occidentalis. 
Corylus americana. 
Hamamelts virginiana. 
Viburnum lentago. 
Salix longifolia. 
American Aspen. 
Button-bush. 
Hazelnut. 
Witch Hazel. 
Nanny-berry. 
River-bank Willow. 
THIRD ZONE. 
Quercus bicolor. 
Quercus coccinea. 
Carya ovata. 
Ulmus americana. 
Ostrya virgimiana. 
Swamp White Oak. 
Scarlet Oak. 
Shellbark Hickory. 
American Elm. 
Hop Hornbeam. 
In the late summer, the first zone becomes covered with small 
plants, ferns, etc., among which the following species are notable: 
Viola blanda. 
Fragaria virgimana. 
Ranunculus multrfidus. 
Onoclea sensibilis. 
Aspidium thelypterts. 
Aspidium cristatum. 
Sweet White Violet. 
Scarlet Strawberry. 
Yellow Water-Crowfoot. 
Sensitive Fern. 
Marsh Shield Fern. 
Crested Shield Fern. 
Ranunculus multifidus is abundant over the entire ponded area, 
both under water and forming a carpet on the dry border. 
Insect life is abundant in the spring, but is rare in the fall owing 
to the almost complete drying-up of the pond. 
species were noted. 
The following 
