Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 177 



In open marshy places and along the borders of some 

 of the bayous are to be found extensive growths of 

 cattail, Typha latifolia (figure 27) which is either absent 

 in the Allegheny valley or so rare there as to escape notice. 

 In the bayous (figure 1&) is to be found a luxuriant 

 growth of plants which prefer wet muddy soil or shallow 

 water. The most important members of this growth are : 



Onoclca sensibilis 

 Scirpus cyperinus 

 pedicellatus 

 " validus 

 Osmunda regalis 

 Typha latifolia 

 Sparganium americanum 

 Alisnia Planta'go-aquatica 

 Sagittaria latifolia & var. 



obtusa 

 Leersia oryzoides 

 Calamagrostis canadensis 

 Cinna arundinacea 

 Glyceria grandis 

 Eleocharis palustris 

 acicularis 

 Dulichium arundinaceum 

 Carex lacustris 

 lupulina 

 " lurida 

 stipata 



Carex trichocarpa 

 Calla palustris 

 Lemna minor 

 Spirodela polyrhiza 

 Juncus effusus 



" acuminatum 

 Iris versicolor 

 Rumex verticillatus 

 Polygonum hydropiperoides 



coccineum 

 Nymphaea advena 

 Caltha palustris 

 Roripa palustris 

 Impatiens biflora 

 Ludvigia palustris 

 Cicuta maculata 

 Sium suave 

 Asclepias incarnata 

 Lycopus americanus 

 Chelone glabra 

 Aster puniceus 



4 Balsam Swamp in Red House Valley 

 In the lower part of the Red House valley and north of 

 the highway is located the only growth of balsam. Abies 

 balsamea, within the Allegany Park area. A few trees 

 only remain of what must once have been a considerable 

 swamp. Within this little remnant, however, the ground 

 is heavily carpeted with sphagnum moss and contains in 

 addition to the fir or balsam trees, which are mostly small 

 in size, a number of other plants found nowhere else south 

 of the big bend in the Allegany river encompassing the 



