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Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch. Hop. Hornbeam, 

 Ironwood 

 On well-drained slopes in poor or somewhat fertile 

 soil. Infrequent and scattered throughout the park 

 area chiefly on the lower slopes, but found also along 

 the lower valleys. 

 Carpinus caroliniana Walt. Hornbeam, Blue or Water 

 Beech 

 Moist or dry, usually alluvial soil, but sometimes 

 on open wooded slopes. Infrequent. Quaker 

 Bridge, slopes of Elko mountain and elsewhere. 

 Betula lenta L. Black or Sweet Birch 



Frequent or common on most of the wooded 

 slopes of the park region. 

 Betula lutea Michx. f. Yellow Birch 



In rich or moist soil and rocky locations. Less 

 frequent than the preceding species. 

 Alnus incana (L.) Moench. Speckled Alder 



In swamps and wet soil along the lower stream 

 courses of the park area and the bottomlands of the 

 Allegheny and Tunungwant valleys. 



FAG ACE AE (Beech Family) 

 Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. Beech 



A common and characteristic forest tree of most 

 sections of the park, preferring fertile soils, but 

 found occasionally in sandy or sterile soils. 

 Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. Chestnut 



Frequent on thin or sterile, sometimes rocky soils 

 on some of the higher ridges and also on the slopes 

 adjacent to the Allegheny river, Huckleberry hill, 

 Elko mountain, Pine hill, Seneca mountain, Rattle- 

 snake mountain, summit on the Stony brook trail etc. 



