72 SANDUSKY FLORA. 



BETULACE^E. 



CARPINUS, L. Iron-wood. 



C, americana, Michx. American Hornbeam. Blue or 

 Water Beech. 



Frequent. "Formerly many on Kelley's Island." 

 Lester Carpenter. 



CORYLUS, L. 



C. americana, Walt. Hazel-nut. 



Common. Not on the Islands. 



OSTRYA, L. Iron-wood. 



O. virginica, Willd. American Hop-Hornbeam. Lever- 

 wood. 



Common, especially on rocky shores of the 

 Islands. 



FAGACE^. 



CASTANEA, L. 



C. sativa americana, Watson. Chestnut. 

 Common in Erie County in sandy soil. 

 Chestnut fence posts sometimes put forth leafy 



shoots. 



FAGUS, L. 



F. ferruginea, Ait. American Beech. 



Not on Islands or Peninsula, nor within five miles 

 of Sandusky. A few in Kromer's woods and 

 farther south along Pipe Creek. Infrequent along 

 Huron River in Milan, frequent in Berlin, com- 

 mon in Vermillion, abundant in Florence. "Two 

 trees on Put-in-Bay thirty years ago," Vroman. 

 "Formerly a few on Middle Bass." Wood 

 found in the submerged forest, Huron Marsh. 

 Most Sandusky children do not know beech 

 nuts. Wood used by Sandusky Tool Company 

 for planes. 



