Ampvriran Fern Journal 
Vol. 6 JANUARY-MARCH, 1916 No. 1 
Some Ferns of Dutchess County, New York 
PAUL C. STANDLEY.! 
The latter part of August and the early half of Septem- 
ber, 1915, the writer and Mr. H. C. Bollman spent 
camping at Clove in southern Dutchess County, New 
York, upon the farm of Mr. P. H. Christie. Much of 
the writer’s time was given to collecting plants and he 
found many of interest to him, especially since he had 
never before had an opportunity to botanize so far north. 
While the area explored was not very large, a number of 
rather rare plants were discovered, as well as several 
which show slight extensions of range, judging from the 
lately published Flora of the Vicinity of New York. 
Thirty-six species of ferns and fern allies were observed, 
surely a large number for any area of the same size in 
temperate North America, and probably others were 
overlooked. While none of the species are rare, it 
seems worth while to publish some record of them, es- 
pecially since two represent southward extensions of 
range, according to Miss Slosson’s treatment of the 
group in the work just mentioned. 
The settlement of Clove occupies the broad, open 
valley of one of the heads of Fishkill Creek, which runs 
southward. Abruptly on the east and west rise two 
ranges of low mountains. The writer collected chiefly 
on the East Mountain, as it is called. This, like most 
' Published by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
[Vol. 5, No, 4 of the Jovrnat (pp. 97-129, plates 7 and 8) was issued 
1915. 
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