Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 69 



SANTALACEAE (Sandalwood Family) 

 Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. Comandra, Bastard 

 Toadflax 

 Dry, sandy or sterile banks and thickets, some- 

 times in open woods, on the bottomlands of the 

 Allegheny river along the road toward Steamburg, 

 benches opposite Red House etc. 



ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (Birthwort Family) 

 Asarum canadense L. Wild Ginger, Canada Snake- 

 root 

 In moist, rich humus of the wooded slopes and 

 hanks. Locally abundant in certain portions of the 

 park. 

 Asarum reflexum Bicknell, A. canadense var. reflexum 

 Robinson 

 In moist rich humus on wooded slopes along 

 Quaker run and elsewhere. 



POLYGON ACE AE (Buckwheat Family) 

 Rumex crispus L. Yellow or Curly Dock 



A weed in cultivated and waste ground, roadsides 

 and banks. Infrequent or rare, except near Sala- 

 manca. 

 Rumex verticillatus L. Swamp Dock 



In shallow water or wet soil in marshes and swales 

 along the Allegheny and Tunungwant valleys. Fre- 

 quent. Not found in the higher portions of the 

 park. 

 Rumex Britannica L. 



Reported by Saunders (Roosevelt Wild Life Bui., 

 1 : 311. 1923) from the Tunungwant valley swamps. 

 Not seen in the progress of this survey. 



