Flora of the . Ulegany Slate Park Region 123 



Epigaea repens L. (figure 21). Trailing Arbutus 

 Mayflower 

 In gravelly, sandy or stony acid soil of open woods 

 and hanks. Infrequent. Huckleberry bill, Butler 

 bill etc. Probably once more abundant before lumber- 

 ing and lire. Reported from Salamanca by Clinton. 



(Photo by New York State Museum) 

 Figure 21 Trailing Arbutus. Epigaea repens 



