Notes on Some Staten Island Ferns* 



Philip Dowell 



Since the time of the publication, five years ago, of my paper 

 on the Distribution of Ferns on Staten Island,- several tracts of 

 woodland on the island have been cleared, and thus some favorite 

 haunts of the ferns have been destroyed. This clearing of the 

 forests for lumber and for real estate improvements was espe- 

 cially active during the latter part of 1906 and the first part of 

 1907. Among the areas cleared are Darcey's woods, now South 

 New York No. 3 ; a piece of woodland on the east side of Bradley 

 Avenue, now included in South New York No. 2 ; a large tract 

 near New Springville ; one west of Richmond, near " Ketchum's 

 ]\Iill Pond " ; and another on the east side of South Avenue, ad- 

 joining the one and one-half acre tract mentioned in my former 

 paper as being especially rich in ferns. Fortunately this little 

 fern tract has been spared, and it still contains 24 different kinds 

 of ferns. Boott's fern has disappeared from this area but 

 another has been added to the list instead. 



In the list of 1906 there were 32 kinds of ferns given. To this 

 should now be added 4 hybrid ferns, which have not been pre- 

 viously recorded in the publications of the Association, though 

 the records have been published elsewhere. These are designated 

 by an asterisk before the name, in the following list of records 

 with occasional notes. 

 Dryopteris clintoniana (D. C. Eaton) Dowell, Proc. Staten 



I. Assoc. 1 : 64. 9 Jl 1906. 



Aspidium cristatum Clintoniamim D. C. Eaton in A. Gray, 

 Man. ed. 5, 665. 1867. 



A new record is Ocean Terrace swamp, July 18, 1906 (Vi^P)- 



* Presented at the meeting of the Association, May 20, 191 1. 

 ' Proc. Staten I. Assoc, i : 61-67. 9 Jl 1906. 



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