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Hicoria alba (L.) Britton 

 Gary a tomentosa Nutt. 

 Mockernut. White-heart hickory 

 Fields and woods. Not common. Nut thick shelled, seed 

 sweet. Hicoria microcarpa (Nutt.) Britton 



Oarya microcarpa Nutt. 

 Small-fruited hickory 

 Frequent in fields and along their borders. May-June. Nut 

 small, kernel sweet. 



Hicoria glabra (Nutt.) Britton 



Carya porcina Nutt. 



Pignut 



Infrequent. May-June. Nut pointed, thick shelled, kernel 



somewhat astringent. 



MYRICACEAE 



Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter 

 Myrica aspleni folia L. 

 Sweet fern 

 Thin sterile soil. Common. April-May. 



SALICACEAE 

 Populus alba L. 

 White poplar 

 An introduced shade tree, which spreads freely by means of 

 suckers. 



Populus balsamifera candicans (Ait.) Gray 



Balm of Gilead 

 River banks. Abundant in some places. April. 



Populus grandidentata Michx. 

 Large-toothed aspen 

 Hillsides. Common. April. 



Populus tremuloides Michx. 

 American aspen 

 Woods and thickets. Common. April. 

 Populus dilatata L. 

 Lomhardy poplar 

 An introduced tree, frequent near the sites of deserted 

 dwellings. 



