PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 9 1 



Fragaria Americana {Porter) Britton 

 American wood strawberry 

 Woods and open places. Head of Cascade lake. June. 



POTENTILLA 



Plant herbaceous 1 



Plant shrubby fruticosa 



1 Leaflets three 2 



1 Leaflets five 3 



2 Leaflets with teeth at the apex only trideutata 



2 Leaflets with teeth on the margin Monspeliensis 



3 Leaflets narrow, deeply cleft argentea 



3 Leaflets broad, coarsely serrate Canadensis 



Potentilla fruticosa L. 



Shrubby cinquefoil 



Top of Mt Wallface. A single clump of small unthrifty sterile plants 

 was found, and these at present are the only known representatives of the 

 species in the town. 



Potentilla tridentata Soland. 



Three toothed cinquefoil 



Mountain tops. Mt Mclntyre and Mt Wright. July and August. 



Potentilla Monspeliensis L. 

 P. Norvegica L. 



Rough cinquefoil 

 Meadows and roadsides. Very common. June to August. 



Potentilla argentea L. 



Silvery cinquefoil 

 Dry soil. Rare. Raybrook. July and August. 



Potentilla Canadensis L. 



Five finger 



Dry soil. Roadsides and pastures. June. Seen only in the eastern 

 part of the town. 



Comarum palustre L. 



Potentilla palustris Scop. 



Marsh five finger. Marsh cinquefoil 



Bogs, swamps and sluggish streams. Occasional. Near Raybrook 

 and between Freemans Home and Wood farm. 



