Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 47 



Carex Tuckermani Boott. 



In wet or marshy, often exsiccated depressions. 

 Frequent in the Allegheny and Tunungwant valleys 

 but otherwise absent from the park area. 

 Carex virescens Muhl. 



In dry, open woods and banks, usually in rather 

 poor soil. Occasional, but more often found on the 

 conglomerate soils in the higher portions of the park 

 area. 

 Carex vulpinoidea Michx. 



Wet meadows, swales and marshy borders of 

 pools. Frequent, especially in the lower valleys. 



ARACEAE (Arum Family) 



Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Sehott. (figure 4). Indian 

 Turnip, Jack-in-the-Pulpit 

 In moist or wet rich humus of wooded ravines, 

 and shaded borders of swamps or in low wet woods, 

 generally distributed and common except on the poor 

 soils of the conglomerate formation in the higher 

 portions of the park. 

 Arisaema Dracontium (L.) Sehott, is reported from 

 Salamanca by Day (Cat. Plants of Buffalo & 

 Vic. 137. 1882). 

 Calla palustris L. Wild Calla 



Shaded or open wet places around the borders of 

 or in acid bogs and lowland swamps. Rare. Tunung- 

 want valley, bog near Steamburg. 

 Acorus Calamus L. Sweet Flag 



In wet or springy places, usually in the open. 

 Rare. Quaker run vallev below Frecks. 



