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Aulocomniaceae. 



Aulocomnium palustre (L.) Schwa eger. Very common in the 

 thicket and forest zones and also occurring in the bog- 

 meadow in patches denuded by the death of the sphagnum. 

 Cranberry Island and the two smaller bog islands. 



Polytrichaceae. 



Polytrichum commune L. Quite widely distributed in the woods. 

 In the bog-meadow it forms dense masses at the summits 

 of hummocks surrounded by shrubs and is also replacing the 

 dead sphagnum in the bog-meadow of Cranberry Island. 



Climaciaceae. 



Climacium americanum Brid. Forest association, Cranberry 

 Island. 



C. americanum var. kinderbergii R. and C. Forest zone, Sphag- 

 num bog Island No. 2. 



Entodotaceae. 



Pylaisia intricata (Hedw.) Cardot. On tree trunk, wooded belt, 

 northeast border of Cranberry Island. 



Leskeaceae. 



Thuidium virginianum (Brid.) Lindb. On tree trunks, wooded 



border, Cranberry Island. 

 T. delicatulum (L.) Mist. On the ground, forest zone east side 



of Cranberry Island ; forest zone, Sphagnum bog Island No. 



2. 

 T. recognitum or delicatulum. On the ground underneath the 



trees and in small pools, wooded zone, Cranberry Island. 

 T. paludosum Sulliv. Rau and Hervey. On ground, wooded 



border of Cranberry Island. 



