Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 75 



PORTULACACEAE (Purslane Family) 

 Claytonia caroliniana Michx. (figure 12). Broad- 

 leaved Spring Beauty 

 In damp or moist, fertile humus of rather open 

 woodlands, thickets and sometimes on hanks in open 

 places. Common in spring, but by late summer hard 

 to find. 



NYMPHAEACEAE (Water Lily Family) 

 Nymphaea advena Ait. Cow Lily, Spatterdock, Yel- 

 low Pond Lily 

 In pools, ponds and marshy places. Rare. Tun- 

 ungwant valley near the Allegheny river. 

 Castalia odorata (Ait.) Woodville & Wood. White 

 Water Lily 

 In ponds and marshes. Rare. Not seen within 

 the park area but found in a marshy pond on Pine 

 hill near Randolph. 

 Brasenia Schreberi Gmel. Water Shield 



In ponds and lakes. Very rare. Red pond near 

 Steamburg, outside of the park area. 



KANUNCULACEAE (Crowfoot Family) 

 Aquilegia canadensis L. Wild Columbine 



In open woods, dry slopes and banks, usually in 

 poor or sterile, sandy, rocky or gravelly soil. Fre- 

 quent. Woods near Quaker Bridge, Huckleberry 

 hill, Elko mountain, Blacksnake mountain etc. 

 Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. (figure 13). Goldthread 



In moist woods and banks, often under hemlocks 

 and in mossy swamps. Frequent. 



