158 New York State Museum 



VEGETATION OF SELECTED EXCURSION 

 ROUTES 



In order to make this handbook of the flora of the 

 Allegany Park region more generally useful to those who 

 may be interested in the development of the vegetation 

 of the area, there are added a number of sections de- 

 scribing rather briefly the main characteristics of the 

 flora of certain selected areas of limited extent and of 

 certain trails, or stream courses. These localities may be 

 easily located by reference to the cover map. 



This phase of the work might be carried to almost 

 unlimited size, and the selection of the areas for detailed 

 description can not coincide in all cases with those areas 

 most suitable for local studies in geology and zoology. 

 The reader will observe the general similarity between 

 the vegetation of Elko mountain and Huckleberry hill. 

 From this it is evident that other localities along the 

 east side of the Allegheny valley with similar exposure 

 and soil conditions will have a strikingly similar flora. 

 A similar comparison can be made of the vegetation of 

 the Stony run trail and the vegetation along the trail 

 from vStreamside to the "Rocks" above Buffalo camp. 

 These two examples are typical for the character of the 

 vegetation apt to be 'found elsewhere on similar slopes. 

 The more critical student, however, will quickly discover 

 that there are other areas of limited extent which would 

 make equally interesting fields for a study of local vegeta- 

 tion, and it is to be hoped that the examples of this sort 

 which are given in the following pages will stimulate a 

 detailed study of many additional areas than here 

 presented. 



The local areas covered by the following sections are 

 arranged in the following order : 



