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Artemisia biennis Willd. Wormwood 



Spreading from former cultivation near Elko. 

 Tussilago Farfara L. Coltsfoot 



Moist soil on banks and along cinder banks of rail- 

 roads, occasional in the Allegheny valley and spread- 

 ing. 



Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Raf. Fireweed 



In sterile or even rather fertile soil of thickets and 

 openings, usually most abundant where fire has fol- 

 lowed lumbering or woodcutting operations. 

 Cacalia suaveolens L. Indian Plantain 



In moist, fertile, alluvial soil of open places and 

 thickets along the bottomlands of the Allegheny river. 

 Scarce. Salamanca. 

 Cacalia atriplicifolia L. Pale Indian Plantain 



In sterile, sandy or gravelly soil along the bottom- 

 lands of the Allegheny river. Frequent. Very con- 

 spicuous in late summer along the road between 

 Quaker Bridge and Red House, near Carrollton etc. 

 Senecio obovatus Muhl. ■ Round-leaved Squaw-weed 



On stony and gravelly banks in fertile humus of 

 open woods. Infrequent. Slide Hollow on Quaker 

 run. 

 Senecio aureus L. Golden Ragwort 



In wet gravelly or stony soil along stream courses 

 either in shaded or open places, or in boggy meadows 

 and marshes. Common. 

 Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh. Smaller, or Common 

 Burdock 

 Along roadsides, in waste soil and open thickets 

 and woods. Frequent. 



