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fire has not been so frequent, Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis ; 

 Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis ; and Shadbush, Ame- 

 lanchier faevis and A. canadensis. 



These bluffs, however, are interesting chiefly for the 

 character of the shrubby vegetation, the principal species 

 beins:: 



^ornus rugosa 

 Kalmia latifolia 

 Ceanothus americanus 

 Myrica asplenifolia 

 Rubus odoratus 

 Salix Bebbiana 

 Rubus occidentalis 



Diervilla Lonicera 

 Salix humilis 

 Corylus cornuta 

 Sambucus racemosus 

 Viburnum acerifolium 

 Cornus alternifolia 



In the small ravines the vegetation is for the most part 

 fairly dense, and the soil apparently more fertile, so that 

 the herbaceous vegetation possesses in these spots a com- 

 position similar to the slopes of Huckleberry hill. On the 

 bluffs, however, we find in addition to the general run of 

 plants which in this region prefer sterile or acid soils of 

 open places, the following species in such abundance as to 

 make the locality one of ecological interest, in which 

 lumbering and repeated fires have played a major role : 



Carex pennsylvanica 

 Poa palustris 

 Baptisia tinctoria 

 Panicum dichotomum 

 Melampyrum lineare 

 Aureolaria glauca 

 Panicum huachucae 

 Aster macrophyllus 

 Lysimachia quadri folia 

 Danthonia spicata 

 Aralia racemosa 



Juncus acuminatus 

 Pastinaca sativa 

 Clematis virginiana 

 Galium Claytoni 

 Scrophularia lanceolata 

 Solidago juncea 

 Desmodium bracteosum 

 Vicia caroliniana 

 Helianthus divaricatus 

 Aureolaria virginica 

 Solidago arguta 



7 Elko Mountain 

 From near the outlet of Wolf run at Elko an indistinct 

 trail leads up the northwest shoulder of Elko mountain to 

 the summit. Lumbering and subsequent fire combined 



