Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 155 



CiRSiUM lanceolatum (L.) Hill. Bull Thistle 



In dry pastures, fields, roadsides and open woods. 

 Rare in the park area hut frequent in the adjacent and 

 less forested region. Frank W. Johnson reports 

 Cirsium odoratum (Muhl.) Britt., from Quaker run 

 in August 1921. 

 Cirsium muticum Michx. Swamp Thistle 



In wet or springy soil in open places along the 

 lower stream courses and especialy in open places in 

 wooded swamps on the bottomlands of the Allegheny 

 river. 

 Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. Canada Thistle 



In waste places, cultivated soil and old fields. Fre- 

 quent in the lower valleys and more common in the 

 less wooded region adjacent to the park area. 

 Cichorium Intybus L. Chicory 



Along railroads and occasional in waste ground 

 elsewhere. 

 Tragopogon pratensis L. Goat's Beard 



Roadside and railroad banks near Red House, 

 doubtless elsewhere. 

 Tragopogon porrifolius L. Salsify. Oyster Plant 



"Firmly established on bank of the railroad, one- 

 half to one mile west of Salamanca, June 24, 1864 

 and 1865." (G. W. Clinton, Herbarium, N. Y. State 

 Museum). Opportunity was not found to ascertain 

 if the plant still persists there. 

 Leontodon Taraxacum L. Taraxacum officinale Weber. 

 Common Dandelion 

 A common weed in fields and along roadsides. 

 Sonchus asper (L.) Hill. Spiny-leaved Sow Thistle 

 A weed in fertile soil. Infrequent. Quaker Bridge. 



