Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 87 



Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. Wild Crab-apple 



Moist or dry thickets and alluvial soil, chiefly in 

 the Allegheny and Tunungwant valleys. Infrequent. 

 The var. elongata Rehder, is reported from Cattar- 

 augus county by Sargent (Manual, ed. 2, p. 385, 

 1922). Trees near Riverside at north end of Tun- 

 ungwant valley show leaves of the typical species 

 and leaves as described for the variety on the same 

 tree. 

 Malus glaucescens Rehder. Wild Crab-apple 



Alluvial thickets and river banks along the Alle- 

 gheny river near Quaker Bridge and Cold Spring. 

 Sorbus americana Marsh., Pynis americana DC. 

 Mountain .Ash 

 In moist gravelly, stony or rocky situations. In- 

 frequent. Bradford road near state line. Common 

 among the gigantic rocks of the "Rock City," four 

 miles north of Salamanca. Occasional elsewhere on 

 the higher ridges of the park area, and frequent in 

 the low swampy woods of the Allegheny bottom- 

 lands. 

 Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Britton, Pyrus melano- 

 carpa Willd. Black Chokeberry 

 In' bogs, swamps and marshes, usually but appar- 

 ently not alwavs in acid soil. Locally common on 

 the bottomlands of the Allegheny river from Ono- 

 ville to Cold Spring, bogs on the edge of the glacial 

 drift near Randolph and Steamburg, "Balsam 

 swamp" in Red House valley etc. 

 Amelanchier intermedia Spach. Shadbush. See Rho- 

 dora 14:117. 1912, for Wiegand's revision of 

 Amelanchier. 

 In dry or moist, sterile soil along the upper ridges 

 and similar situations on the lowlands. Frequent. 



