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Gnaphalium uliginosum L. Low Cudweed 



In moist open places along Bee Hunter creek. 

 Common. Locally common or frequent elsewhere in 

 ditches and along streams. 



Inula Helenium L. Elecampane 



Roadsides and fields near Randolph. 

 Ambrosia trifida L. Great Ragweed 



Moist alluvial soil along the Allegheny river and 

 in neglected fields of the bottomlands. Frequent. 

 Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. Common Ragweed 



A frequent weed along the railroads and in waste 

 soil about Salamanca. 

 Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet. Ox-eye 



In moist alluvial soil and gravelly banks along the 

 Allegheny and Tunungwant valleys. Common. 

 Rudbeckia hirta L. Black-eyed Susan 



A common weed in the less fertile soils of fields 

 and roadsides, often in open woods. Perhaps once 

 native in this region, but now appearing like other 

 introduced weed species. 

 Rudbeckia laciniata L. Cone-flower 



In gravelly or alluvial wet soil along the lower 

 stream courses, in open places, thickets and open 

 woods. Frequent. 

 Helianthus divaricatus L. Wild Sunflower 



In rocky, gravelly or sandy soil of open banks, 

 ■ bluffs, thickets and open woods, and hence chiefly 

 common along the Allegheny valley and adjacent 

 slopes ; elsewhere infrequent or rare. 

 Helianthus strumosus L. Wild Sunflower 



In moist open places along the lower and larger 

 valleys. Frequent. 



