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which the vegetation consists chiefly of grasses, sedges, 

 berry bushes, goldenrods, asters and clumps of various 

 shrubs and tall herbaceous plants. In late summer the 

 ubiquous °oldenrods usurp the place. There are several 

 wet, almost boggy springy spots here which invite a brief 

 stop for the study of the vegetation. One of the spots 

 contains quite an abundance of Sphagnum and one looks 

 for the Sundew, but in vain. 



Beyond the clearing the trail soon enters a wooded area 

 of a different type from that on the slopes below. Here 

 the underlying rock formation is Olean conglomerate and 

 the resultant soils are more sterile or acid. The forest, 

 also of second growth, contains more oak, chestnut and 

 sassafras than is found in the forest below, and at the 

 summit is found the climax of this condition. 



Lower Part of Stony Brook Trail 



Trees 



Acer saccharum Acer pennsylvanicum 



Tilia americana Magnolia acuminata 



Fraxinus americana Populus grandidentata 



Prunus serotina Betula lutea 



Fagus grandi folia Acer rubrum 



Betula lenta Castanea dentata 



Tsuga canadensis Quercus rubra 



Carpinus caroliniana Populus tremuloides 

 Prunus pennsylvanica 



Shrubs 



Lonicera canadensis Salix sericea 

 Viburnum acerifolium discolor 



Ribes Cynosbati Amelanchier laevis 



Sambucus racemosus Salix Bebbiana 



Rubus alleghcniensis Rubus strigosus 



Diervilla Lonicera Cornus Amomum 



Salix lucida Sambucus canadensis 



