PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 1 25 



in dry soil and its leaves may have a grayish green or a purplish brown 

 hue, specially vi^hen young. 



Salix sericea Marsh. 

 Silky willow 

 Along the Ausable. May. 



Salix discolor Muhl. 

 Glaucous willow. Pussy willow 

 Along streams and in wet places. Common. May. 



S. discolor prinoides (PursTi) Anders. 

 Near the Notch house and by the side of the road to Epps farm. 

 Distinguished by its small narrow leaves. 



Populus tremuloides Mx. 



Aspen. American aspen 



Light sandy or gravelly soil. Common. April and May. On the 

 tract known as the Alger job, through which the road to Adirondack 

 lodge passes, there are several trees of this species whose bark is scarcely 

 less white than that of the paper birch. 



Populus grandidentata Mx. 



Large toothed aspen 



Less plentiful than the preceding species. Lake Placid. April and 



May. The young leaves are covered with a whitish silky tomentum. 



This makes the tree conspicuous and is a good mark of distinction 



between this and the preceding species while the tomentum remains on 



the leaves. 



Populus balsamifera L. 



Balm-of-Gilead. Balsam poplar. Tacamahac 



In a ravine east of the cemetery. April and May. 



P. balsamifera candicans {Ait.) Gray 

 Near Mountain View house. 



EMPETRACEAE 

 Empetrum nigrum L. 



Black crowberry 



Indian pass and top of Mt Mclntyre and Mt Wright. A pretty little 

 heath -like undershrub. 



