CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



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out on well drained slopes ; sprouts more freely than any other 

 tree, old sprouts resisting fire well; large tree, N. E. side of 

 Hoosicwhisick Pond, 17 ft. in circumference, 83 ft. high, 50 ft. 

 spread : — M, small trees frequent in woods ; grove of large 

 trees in N. E. part of the Reservation. 



FAQUS, Tourn. Beech. 

 F. ferruginea, Ait. American Beech. 



Rich woods. B, frequent; usually represented by sprouts 

 from roots and by young trees that have persisted since older 

 trees were cut ; the trees are killed by even a slight fire, those 

 remaining being generally protected by moist land or by ledges 

 and rocks ; Beech Run ; W. slope of Blue Hill, etc. : — M, 

 occasional in woods ; a small grove of young trees on Owen's 

 Walk:— 8, valley, E. of Turtle Pond. 



SALICACE/E. Willow Family. 

 SALIX, Tourn. t Willow. 

 S. nigra, Marsh. Black Willow. 



Banks of streams and ponds and in wet places. B*, rare ; 

 by Old Furnace Brook ; W. of Sawcut Notch : ■ — S, rare ; bog 

 in Turtle Pond woods. 

 S. lucida, Muhl. Shining Willow. 



Wet places and borders of streams and ponds. B and M, 

 occasional:— £*, low ground, W. of Office. 

 S. rostrata, Richards. 



Moist or dry places. B, common both in the low land and 

 on the summits of the range : — M, common. 

 S. discolor, Muhl. Glaucous Willow. Common Swamp 

 Willow. 



Low ground. In all the Reservations on edges of meadows, 

 in bogs and the more open parts of swamps, and occasionally 



t Forms of 8. alba, L. or S. fragilis, L. or both occur in all the 

 Reservations, but no reports have been received by which a deter- 

 mination of the species can be made. 



