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POPULUS, Tournefort. , PopUrs. Aspen. 



TREMULOiDES, Michaux. Tremula-like Populus. 



Sides of hills and ravines. Common. April. 



QRANDiDENTATA, Michx. Large-toothed-leaved Populus. 



Woods and river-banks. Most frequent on sandy soils. Abundant. 



MONiLiFERA, Alton. Cottonuiood. Necklace-bearing Populus. 



Water-sides. Western part of the State, particularly near Oneida lake and 

 along the Genesee river, Torrey Fl. N.Y. Pillar point near Dexter, Jefferson 

 county, Vasey. Near Rochester, C. M. Booth. Rare. 



BALSAMiFERA, L. Balsam-beaHng Poimlus. 



Water-courses, swamps. Near Oriskany, Knieskern. Scarce. 



var. CANDiCANS, Gray. White-leaved Populus. 



Streets and near dwellings; a common shade tree. 



NIGRA, Michx. Black Populus. 



Banks. Oriskany creek, and near Oneida lake, Knieskern. Rare. 



DILATAT.a, Alton. Lombardy Poplar. Dilated-leaved Populus. 



Roadsides; near old farm-houses. Infrequent. 



ALBA, L. White Populus. 



Occasional as a shade tree; extending by root, to fences and roadsides 



Frequently. 



2. GYMNOSPERMiE. Gymnosperms. 



CONIFERS. Conifers. 



PINUS, Tournefort. Pines. 



RESINOSA, Aiton. Red, Resinous Pine. 



Hills. Helderberg mountains three miles south of Knowerville, Pearson. 

 Pine plains of Rome, Vasey. Tates county, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. 



May. Rare. 



RIGIDA, Miller. Pitch, Rigid Pine. 



Sandy plains. Schenectady. Rome. Common. May. 



STROBUS, L. White Pine. From an ancient Fir. 



Cold woods. Swamps on the flats of the Mohawk. Frequent in Schenectady, 

 Montgomery and Otsego counties. Lingering still in marshes on the hills : 

 formerly abounding throughout this region. Not yet exhausted io the swamps 

 of Rome and Oneida lake. Common in the ibrests of the north woods. May. 



ABIES, Tournefort. Spruces. 



BALSAMEA, Marshall. Balsam-yielding Fir. 



Cold swamps. Occasional in upland marshes, south of the Mohawk valley, 

 from Summit lake and the outlet of Canaderaga lake, Otsego county, through 

 the swamps near Jordanville, to the State marsh and Graefenberg swamp, 

 south Herkimer county. Between Oriskany and Rome. Abundant in the 

 northern part of the county; and common along streams and shores in the 

 north woods, often nearly covered with long gray lichens. June. 



CANADENSIS, Michx. Hemlock. 



Dry woods. Common. May, 



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