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reforestation takes place more rapidly. This is brought about first 
by the coppice shoots of the oak and by the filling-in of the intervening 
spaces by white birch (Betula populijolia), trembling aspen, red 
maple, and Amelanchier. Thus, on a lot cut two years ago, black 
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Square; under layer controlled by Pteris, Gaultheria, and Vaccinium vacillans; PR, 
Pinus rigida 8; QV, Q. velutina 2; QA, Q. alba 1; B, Betula populijolia 7 (dying); 
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oak Coppice groups averaged three on 25°¢™, while on the lot as a 
whole, ro per cent. of the coppice was white oak and 6 per cent. red 
maple. A dominant stand of pitch pine 24 years old was removed 
from the lot and a list chart showed on one square meter g Myrica, 
12 Pteris, 4 Populus tremuloides, 22 Kalmia angustifolia, 34 Vaccinium 
pennsylvanicum, 1 Rubus allegheniensis. 
