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the park area where the soils are inclined to be 

 sterile, but occasional in rich humus of the lower 

 slopes and ravines. 

 Potentilla recta L. Rough-f ruited Cinquefoil 



Roadsides and dry fields. Rare. 

 Potentilla monspeliensis L., P. norvegica L. var. Jiirsuta 

 (Michx.) Lehm., See Wiegand & Eames, Flora 

 of the Cayuga Lake Basin, p. 269. 1926. Hairy 

 Cinquefoil 

 Roadsides, waste places and open grassy places of 

 the forest and the upland ridges. Common. 

 Potentilla canadensis L. Common Cinquefoil, Five- 

 finger 



Dry open woods, fields and thickets. Common. 

 Geum canadense Jacq. White Avens 



In moist thickets and on shaded banks. Common 

 along streams and frequent in open woodlands. 

 Geum virginianum L. Bristly White Avens 



In situations similar to the preceding species but 

 much less common. Along Quaker run, Three 

 Sister's mountain etc. 

 Geum strictum Ait. Yellow Avens 



Moist fields, thickets and open woods,' usually in 

 fertile and often alluvial soil. Common except on 

 the higher slopes and ridges. 

 Geum rivale L. Water or Purple Avens 



In springy or boggy places, locally abundant. Bogs 

 and swamps near Steamburg and Randolph, "Bal- 

 sam swamp" in Red House valley, mossy springy 

 places in the clearing on the Stony run trail etc. 



