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Polygonatum giganteum Dietr., P. commutatum of 

 Gray's Man. ? Great Solomon's Seal 

 In rich, alluvial, damp soil along the bottomlands. 

 Rare. Thickets near Cold Spring. 

 Medeola virginiana L. Indian Cucumber Root. 



In moist woodlands and open places often on rather 

 poor soils. Common. 

 Trillium erectum L. Red or Purple Trillium, Birthroot, 

 Wake Robin. Bethroot 

 In moist humus of the forested sections, sometimes 

 on banks and in open places, usually in fertile soils. 

 Common. 

 Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb. White Tril- 

 lium 

 In moist, rich woodlands, slopes and ravines. 

 Frequent. 

 Trillium undulatum Willd. (figure 7). Painted Trillium. 

 In low woods, often in acid humus. Common. 

 Frequent, however, in many portions of the park 

 area where the soil is more fertile. 

 Smilax herbacea L. Carrion-flower 



In wet thickets and along the banks of streams 

 and rivers. Frequent. 

 Smilax hispida Muhl. Green Brier, Cat Brier 



Alluvial thickets along the Allegheny valley, and 

 absent from the park area proper. 



DIOSCOREACEAE (Yam Family) 

 Dioscorea villosa L. Wild Yam-root 



Moist, or rather dry, sandy, sterile or gravelly 

 soils, in open places or thickets, along the bottom- 

 lands of the Allegheny river near Quaker Bridge 

 and northern end of the Tunungwant valley, 



