PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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PLANTAGINACEAE 

 Plantago major Z. 



Common plantain 



Pastures and roadsides. Very common. An introduced plant nearly 

 always to be found about houses, and even in the gutters of the less 

 frequented streets of cities and villages. In the Adirondacks a small 

 form occurs in sandy or gravelly soil along the shores of lakes and streams. 



Plantago Rugelii Dec. 



Rugel's plantain 



Habitat the same as in the preceding species but less common. Allen 

 farm. August. 



AMARANTHACEAE 



Amaranthus retroflexus L. 



Rough pigweed 

 Cultivated ground and gardens. Common. August. Introduced. 



CHENOPODIACEAE 



Chenopodium album viride [L.) Moq. 



Goosefoot. Lamb's quarters. Pigweed 



Cultivated fields and gardens. Common. August. Introduced. 

 This and the preceding are troublesome weeds. The broad leaved typi- 

 cal form of the species, C. album L., is apparently absent from North 

 Elba. 



POLYGONACEAE 



Fagopyrum Fagopyrum (Z.) Karst. 



F. esculejitum Moench 



Buckwheat 



Introduced and cultivated for its seeds. It is often found growing 

 spontaneously in old fields and by roadsides. July and August. 



Fagopyrum Tataricum iL.) Gaert. 



Tartary wheat. India wheat 



The remarks under the preceding species are applicable to this also. 



