Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 81 



LAURACEAE (Laurel Family) 

 Sassafras officinale Nees & Eb., 6". variifolium Gray's 

 Man. Sassafras 

 In sandy, rocky or gravelly sterile soil of thinly 

 wooded banks, slopes and ridges. In the park area 

 common only on the conglomerate soils of the higher 

 ridges, the rocky banks and slopes of Elko mountain, 

 Huckleberry hill and similar situations, as well as 

 on the sandy and gravelly benches of the Allegheny 

 valley. 

 Benzoin aestivale (L.) Nees. Spice Bush 



In swamps, thickets, marshes and bogs. Rare. 

 Tunungwant valley, "Balsam swamp" in Red House 

 valley, Pine hill, bogs near Steamburg etc. 



PAPAVERACEAE (Poppy Family) 

 Sanguinaria canadensis L. Bloodroot 



Moist alluvial woodlands, thickets and banks. 

 Rare. River bottomlands near Red House. 



FUMARIACEAE (Fumitory Family) 

 Dicentra Cucullaria (L.) Bernh. Dutchman's Breeches 

 Moist, loamy soil of fertile woodlands and alluvial 

 bottomlands. Frequent in spring but disappears by 

 midsummer. 

 Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. Squirrel Corn 



In situations similar to the preceding species, and 

 more abundant in alluvial soils, frequent or locally 

 common but like the preceding species, the leaves 

 have disappeared by midsummer. 



