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Desmodium canadense (L. ) DC. 



Moist gravelly and sandy banks of the lower 

 valleys. Frequent. The most conspicuous species 

 of the genus when in bloom. 

 Lespedeza intermedia (Wats.) Britton, L. frutescens, 

 Gray's Man. See N. Y. State Mus. Bulletin 

 254:450. 1924 & Rhodora 26:29. 1924. 

 Wand-like Bush Clover 

 In open woods in sand}', gravelly or stony soil. 

 Infrequent. Elko mountain, summit on Stony run 

 trail, Huckleberry hill. 

 Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. Hairy Bush Clover 



In sterile, sandy or gravelly soil of the benches in 



the Allegheny valley where locally common, near 



Quaker Bridge, opposite Red House, Carrollton etc. 



Lespedeza capitata Michx. Round-headed Bush Clover 



In acid, sandy or gravelly soil. Rare. Elko. 

 Lathyrus ochroleucus Hook. Pale Vetchling 



Dry banks, open woods and slopes. Rare. Car- 

 rollton (Peck). Butler's run (Alexander). 

 Vicia Cracca L. Wild Vetch 



Fields, roadsides and thickets in poor soil. Rare. 

 Riverflats near Quaker Bridge, doubtfully native here. 

 Vicia caroliniana Walt. Spring Vetch 



On gravelly, shaly or rocky slopes in open places, 

 thickets and open woods. Frequent or common in 

 such locations in and bordering the Allegheny valley 

 but apparently absent from the higher portions of 

 the park. 

 Melilotus alba Desv. White Sweet Clover, White 

 Melilot 

 A weed along the Erie Railroad north of Quaker 

 Bridge and Houbtless elsewhere. 



