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here. The bulk of the forest is composed of Sugar 

 Maple, Acer saccharum; Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis ; 

 Beech, Fagus grandifolia and Basswood, Tilia americana, 

 although several additional species of trees occur in some 

 abundance. Logging of Hemlock has apparently reduced 

 the abundance of this tree considerably. 



In the most dense portions of this limited area of large 

 timber, especially in the moist soil along the streams the 

 undergrowth is limited to a few very characteristic shrubs 

 such as Hobblebush, Viburnum aluifolium ; Skunk Cur- 

 rant, Ribes prostratum; Fly Honeysuckle, Lonicera can- 

 adensis; American Yew, Ta.vus canadensis, and a few 

 others. 



Of the herbaceous plants of the forest floor, out of a 

 very large number of species, many of them the same as 

 may be found on the headwaters of Stoddard brook, it 

 seems necessary to mention only a few of the most 

 abundant : 



Oxalis Acetosella 

 Dalibarda repens 

 Dryopteris spinulosa var. 



intermedia 

 Mitchella repens 

 Clintonia borealis 

 Maianthemum canadense 

 Lycopodium lucidulum 

 Viola incognita 



rotundi folia 

 Disporum lanuginosum 

 Habenaria orbiculata 

 Monotropa uniflora 

 Viola blanda 



Pyrola elliptica 

 Carex leptonervia 

 Circaea alpina 

 Carex projecta 



Trillium undulatum 

 Carex gracillima 

 Alsine uliginosa (in brook) 

 Arisaema triphyllum 

 Allium tricoccum 

 Vagnera- racemosa 

 Trientalis borealis 

 Streptopus roseus 

 Asarum canadense 

 Actaea alba 



16 The Salamanca "Rock City" 



The immediate vicinity of the geologically famous "Rock 

 City" which is located about four miles north of Sala- 

 manca, has been entirely lumbered during the past two 



